page_title: Vestibulocochlear nerve
hierarchical_section_title: Vestibulocochlear nerve
caption_attribution_description: The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone.
context_page_description: The vestibulocochlear nerve, known as the eighth cranial nerve, transmits sound and equilibrium information from the inner ear to the brain. Through olivocochlear fibers, this nerve also transmit motor and modulatory information from the superior olivary complex in the brainstem to the cochlea.
context_section_description: The vestibulocochlear nerve (auditory vestibular nerve), known as the eighth cranial nerve, transmits sound and equilibrium (balance) information from the inner ear to the brain. Through olivocochlear fibers, this nerve also transmit motor and modulatory information from the superior olivary complex in the brainstem to the cochlea.
caption: The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone
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