acoustic nerve acoustic nerve /əˈkuːstɪk nɜrv/

noun

1. A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea  ( acoustic nerve , auditory nerve , eighth cranial nerve , nervus vestibulocochlearis , vestibulocochlear nerve )
   a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea