BRAIN
CRANIAL NERVES
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concerned with taste; controls face
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longest and most widely distributed; supplies organs/head/neck/thoracic and abd cavities
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concerned with hearing and balance
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governs sense of smell
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Detailed explanation-1: -The vestibulocochlear nerve consists of the vestibular and cochlear nerves, also known as cranial nerve eight (CN VIII).
Detailed explanation-2: -The vestibulocochlear nerve provides for hearing and balance. Patients with this nerve injury oftentimes have vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing impairment. Hearing loss due to TBIs is more frequently a sensory loss than a conductive loss. Patients may often complain of the sensation of the room spinning around them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Vestibular Nerve and Vestibular System The vestibular nuclear complex consists of four nuclei: medial, lateral, superior, and inferior. These nuclei range from the caudal pons to the rostral medulla in two columns and are closely related to the floor of the fourth ventricle[8].