Auditory Nerve Anatomy Crossword

3. Nerve responsible for transmitting vestibular and auditory information
7. 8 of the Type 1 fibers have synaptic connections with
10. Type 2 neurons are also called
11. Percentage of “Type 1”afferent nerve fibers in the eighth nerve
12. Type 2 fibers cross the
13. Fibers from what part of the cochlea are found at the core of the auditory nerve
14. Lateral olivocochlear neurons send collaterals primarily on which side?
16. The vestibulocochlear nerve is cranial nerve number
17. Both parts of the nerve take separate paths through the central nervous system beginning at the
19. How the vestibulocochlear nerve is organized
21. The outside of the auditory nerve contains fibers from what part of the cochlea
23. Type 2 fibers connect with
24. Nerve cell bodies are collectively called
25. Type 1 fibers are larger in diameter and covered in
26. The vestibular portion of the nerve begins at the ________ contained within the vestibule and semicircular canals
27. Auditory nerves enter the spiral lamina via holes in the bone called

1. Neurons from the auditory nerve that ascend towards the brain are
2. The cochlear portion of the 8th nerve joins the vestibular portion in the
4. The cochlear part of the eighth nerve is referred to as the
5. Medial olivocochlear neurons send collaterals (axon branches) to many OHCS primarily to which side?
6. Type 1 neurons are also called
8. The outside of the eighth nerve has what kind of frequencies?
9. The medial olivocochlear neurons and the lateral olivocochlear neurons are two types of efferent auditory neurons that collectively make up the
15. Auditory nerves project toward the center of the modiolus into a channel called
18. Eighth nerve fibers run through the center of the
20. The core of the eighth nerve has what kind of frequencies?
22. Neurons from the auditory nerve that that exit the brain and go towards the cochlea are