BRAIN
CRANIAL NERVES
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vestibulocochlear (VIII)
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facial (VII)
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vagus (X)
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oculomotor (III)
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Detailed explanation-1: -The vestibulocochlear nerve is the eighth cranial nerve. Its cochlear branch is responsible for the special sensation of hearing, and its vestibular portions are involved in balance, spatial sensation, and posture.
Detailed explanation-2: -The vestibulocochlear nerve (also known as the auditory vestibular nerve and cranial nerve VIII) has axons that carry the modalities of hearing and equilibrium. It consists of the cochlear nerve that carries information about hearing, and the vestibular nerve that carries information about balance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cranial nerve VIII brings sound and information about one’s position and movement in space into the brain. The auditory and vestibular systems subserve several functions basic to clinical medicine and to psychiatry.