vestibulocochlear nerve
Sign in to saveAlso known as auditory vestibular nerve, cranial nerve VIII
eighth cranial nerve
Key facts
- To
- Cochlear nerve , vestibular nerve
- Innervates
- Hearing , balance
- Latin
- nervus vestibulocochlearis
- Mesh
- D000159
- Ta98
- A14.2.01.121
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Encyclopedic overview
The vestibulocochlear nerve or auditory vestibular nerve, also known as the eighth cranial nerve, cranial nerve VIII, or simply CN VIII, is a cranial nerve that transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain. Through olivocochlear fibers, it also transmits motor and modulatory information from the superior olivary complex in the brainstem to the cochlea.
Structure
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