| Name: | cranial nerve VIII |
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| Synonyms: | auditory nerve, CN-VIII, cochleovestibular nerve, octaval nerve, statoacoustic nerve |
| Definition: | |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000247] |
| Name: | axon guidance |
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| Synonyms: | axon chemotaxis, axon growth cone guidance, axon pathfinding |
| Definition: | The chemotaxis process that directs the migration of an axon growth cone to a specific target site in response to a combination of attractive and repulsive cues. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007411] QuickGO AmiGO |