vestibular nerve

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. the part of the auditory nerve in the inner ear that carries sensory information related to body equilibrium.

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Etymology

Origin of vestibular nerve

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

And the Wagnerian “Ending of the vestibular nerve” is swept with diagonal streams of lines and rising neurons.

From New York Times

Modius has built a headset that stimulates your vestibular nerve, which runs behind your ear and into your brain.

From Seattle Times

McElvain, L. E., Faulstich, M., Jeanne, J. M., Moore, J. D. & du Lac, S. Implementation of linear sensory signaling via multiple coordinated mechanisms at central vestibular nerve synapses.

From Nature

McElvain, L. E., Bagnall, M. W., Sakatos, A. & du Lac, S. Bidirectional plasticity gated by hyperpolarization controls the gain of postsynaptic firing responses at central vestibular nerve synapses.

From Nature

When the head moves, the crystals pull on the hairs and combine with the other bits of anatomy to relay information about motion, direction and speed to the vestibular nerve.

From Scientific American