The eighth cranial nerve which is concerned with hearing, balance, and head position. It branches into two parts'a cochlear part that transmits sound reception for hearing and a vestibular part that senses balance and head position. Also known as the vestibulocochlear nerve.

The eighth cranial nerve or nervi vestibulocochlearis, which consists of two sets of fibers, the pars vestibularis nervi octavi and the pars cochlear nervi octavi. It connects to the brain by correspo [..]

The cochlear part of the 8th Cranial Nerve (Vestibulocochlear Nerve). The cochlear Nerve Fibers originate from Neurons of the Spiral Ganglion and project peripherally to cochlear Hair Cells and centra [..]

<nerve> <anatomy> The 8th cranial nerve. The acoustic (or vestibulocochlear) nerve has a cochlear part which is concerned with hearing and a vestibular part which mediates the sense of balance and head position. The fibres of the cochlear nerve originate from neurones of the spiral ganglion and project to the cochlear nuclei. The fibres [..]