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Acoustic tubercle

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Tuberculum acusticum

Acoustic tubercle

The acoustic tubercle is a nuclei 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.

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Acoustic tubercle Wikipedia