vestibulocochlear

Examples of vestibulocochlear in the following topics:

• Vestibulocochlear (VIII) Nerve

  • The vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII) carries information about hearing and balance.
  • The vestibulocochlear nerve (also known as the auditory vestibular nerve and cranial nerve VIII) has axons that carry the modalities of hearing and equilibrium.
  • The vestibulocochlear nerve consists mostly of bipolar neurons and splits into two large divisions: the cochlear nerve and the vestibular nerve.
  • The vestibulocochlear nerve has axons that carry the modalities of hearing and equilibrium.
  • A benign primary intracranial tumor of vestibulocochlear nerve is called a vestibular schwannoma (also called acoustic neuroma).

• Pons

  • The alar plate produces sensory neuroblasts, which will give rise to the solitary nucleus and its special visceral afferent column, the cochlear and vestibular nuclei (which form the special somatic afferent fibers of the vestibulocochlear nerve), the spinal and principal trigeminal nerve nuclei (which form the general somatic afferent column of the trigeminal nerve), and the pontine nuclei, which is involved in motor activity.

• Balance and Determining Equilibrium

  • The neural signals generated in the vestibular ganglion are transmitted through the vestibulocochlear nerve to the brain stem and cerebellum.

• Brief Overview of Cranial Nerves

  • The vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII): This is responsible for transmitting sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain.

• The Vestibular System

  • It is the vestibular branch of the vestibulocochlear cranial nerve that deals with balance.

• Transduction of Sound

  • The cochlear branch of the vestibulocochlear cranial nerve sends information on hearing.