acoustic(al) nerve
1Nerve sheath tumor — Classification and external resources ICD O: 9540 9570[1] MeSH D018317 A nerve sheath tumor …
2Nerve induction — is a theoretical method of creating a sensation by stimulation of the sensory nerves rather than by actual stimulus. The concept is mentioned in the 1965 science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert as a method to inflict pain with no actual… …
3acoustic tubercle — n a pear shaped prominence on the inferior cerebellar peduncle including the dorsal nucleus of the cochlear nerve * * * auditory t …
4acoustic nerve tumor — acoustic neuroma …
5Acoustic neuroma — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Acoustic neuroma ICD10 = ICD10|C|72|4|c|69 ICD9 = ICD9|225.1 ICDO = ICDO|9560|0 Caption = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000778 eMedicineSubj = ent eMedicineTopic = 239 DiseasesDB = 100 MeshID = D009464 An acoustic neuroma,… …
6Acoustic neuroma — 1. A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells small sheet like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and help support the… …
7Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated …
8Acoustic neurinoma — 1. A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells small sheet like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and help support the… …
9Acoustic nerve — A cranial nerve concerned with hearing, balance and head position. The acoustic nerve is the 8th cranial nerve. It branches into two parts a cochlear part integral to hearing and a vestibular part which mediates the sense of balance and head… …
10acoustic nerve — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑cranial nerve …
