| Vestibulocochlear nerve | |
|---|---|
 The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone | |
 Inferior view of the human brain, with the cranial nerves labelled. | |
| Details | |
| To | Cochlear nerve, vestibular nerve |
| Innervates | Hearing, balance |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nervus vestibulocochlearis |
| MeSH | D000159 |
| NeuroNames | 553 |
| TA98 | A14.2.01.121 |
| TA2 | 6307 |
| FMA | 50869 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
| Cranial nerves |
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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.[1]
- ^ Lopez-Poveda, Enrique A. (26 March 2018). "Olivocochlear Efferents in Animals and Humans: From Anatomy to Clinical Relevance". Frontiers in Neurology. 9: 197. doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.00197. PMC 5879449. PMID 29632514.