The cochlea houses the cell bodies of the cochlear nerve within a region called the spiral ganglion. It works to process sound in the following way: The average number of auditory nerve fibers can ...

Cochlear Implant (CI): A device that provides a sense of sound to individuals with severe hearing loss by directly stimulating the auditory nerve. Auditory Nerve Fibers (ANFs): Nerve fibers that ...

When these animals reached adulthood, they had increased numbers of primary sensory (afferent) fibers exiting the sciatic nerve, and these fibers connected with superficial layers of the spinal ...