acoustic tubercle meaning

• [Medicine]
  n : a pear-shaped prominence on the inferior cerebellar peduncle including the dorsal nucleus of the cochlear nerve
  

• tubercle:    Noun: tubercle&nbs ...
• acoustic:    Adjective: acousti ...
• adductor tubercle:    [Medicine]n : a tu ...

Examples

1. 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.