olivocochlear bundle of Rasmussen
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Olivocochlear system — The olivocochlear system is a component of the auditory system involved with the descending control of the cochlea. Its nerve fibres, the olivocochlear bundle (OCB), form part of the vestibulocochlear nerve (VIIIth cranial nerve, also known as… … Wikipedia
bundle — A structure composed of a group of fibers, muscular or nervous; a fasciculus. SYN: fasciculus (3) [TA]. aberrant bundles a group, or groups, of fibers from the corticobulbar or corticonuclear tract, directed to each of the motor … Medical dictionary
tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the … Medical dictionary
