diff --git a/uberon_edit.obo b/uberon_edit.obo
index 1cb1f0e8f8..6f7ecc3cf3 100644
--- a/uberon_edit.obo
+++ b/uberon_edit.obo
@@ -94356,13 +94356,16 @@ consider: SCTID:119406000 ! Thalamus part
 [Term]
 id: UBERON:0002731
 name: vestibulocochlear nerve root
+def: "Either of the two roots that come of the vestibulocochlear nerve" [UBERON:cjm]
 synonym: "central part of vestibulocochlear nerve" EXACT [FMA:72499]
 synonym: "statoacoustic nerve fibers" EXACT [FMA:72499]
 synonym: "vestibulocochlear nerve fibers" EXACT [FMA:72499]
 synonym: "vestibulocochlear nerve roots" EXACT [FMA:72499]
 synonym: "vestibulocochlear nerve tract" EXACT [FMA:72499]
+synonym: "root of vestibulocochlear nerve" EXACT [DHBA:12868]
 xref: FMA:72499 ! Vestibulocochlear nerve tract
 xref: NIF_GrossAnatomy:birnlex_1519 ! Vestibulocochlear nerve root
+xref: NIF_GrossAnatomy:birnlex_1636 ! Vestibulocochlear nerve fiber bundle
 intersection_of: UBERON:0002211 ! nerve root
 intersection_of: continuous_with UBERON:0001648 ! vestibulocochlear nerve
 relationship: part_of UBERON:0003023 {source="FMA"} ! pontine tegmentum