cochlear nucleus

Any of the nuclei of the cochlear nuclear complex. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the cochlear nucleus is

Any of the nuclei of the cochlear nuclear complex. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the cochlear nucleus is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the cochlear nucleus connects to

The atlas records 7 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of cochlear nuclear complex.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the cochlear nucleus. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as cochlear VIII nucleus, cochlear nucleus of acoustic nerve, cochlear nucleus of eighth cranial nerve, nucleus of cochlear nerve, statoacoustic (VIII) nucleus and vestibulocochlear nucleus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001720, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the cochlear nucleus?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the cochlear nucleus connect to?

Part of: cochlear nuclear complex.

Is the cochlear nucleus the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.