part of part of cochlear nucleus cochlear nuclear complex dorsal cochlear nucleus http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Gray760.png UBERON:0002829 Wikipedia:Dorsal_cochlear_nucleus BM:Me-CD dorsal division of cochlear nucleus dorsal cochlear nucleus tuberculum acousticum nucleus cochlearis posterior DHBA:12438 UMLS:C0175499 MBA:96 BAMS:DCo HBA:9530 BIRNLEX:2569 UMLS:C1281210 DCo NCIT:C32471 neuronames:721 EMAPA:35289 FMA:54624 The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN, also known as the 'tuberculum acousticum'), is a cortex-like structure on the dorso-lateral surface of the brainstem. Along with the ventral cochlear nucleus, it forms the cochlear nucleus, where all auditory nerve fibers from the cochlea form their first synapses. [WP,unvetted]. dorsal coclear nucleus posterior cochlear nucleus nucleus cochlearis dorsalis BAMS:DCO BAMS:DC SCTID:280179000