WordNet
acoustic nerve
n. a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea [syn: auditory nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve]
Usage examples of "acoustic nerve".
The comm line quietly sent a carrier tone directly to his stato-acoustic nerve, as Akki waited impatiently for Toshio to return with Gillian.