Acoustic tubercle
Appearance
(Redirected from Tuberculum acusticum)
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![]() Terminal nuclei of the cochlear nerve, with their upper connections. (Schematic.) The vestibular nerve with its terminal nuclei and their efferent fibers have been suppressed. On the other hand, in order not to obscure the trapezoid body, the efferent fibers of the terminal nuclei on the right side have been resected in a considerable portion of their extent. The trapezoid body, therefore, shows only one-half of its fibers—those that come from the left.
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Latin | tuberculum acusticum |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The acoustic tubercle is a nucleus on the end of the cochlear nerve.
The cochlear nerve is lateral to the root of the vestibular nerve. Its fibers end in two nuclei: one, the accessory nucleus, lies immediately in front of the inferior peduncle; the other, the acoustic tubercle, somewhat lateral to it.
References
[edit] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 906 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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