Cochlear nerve

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See for

cranial nerve VIII

Broader Terms

acoustic nerve

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• (Cochlear nerve is in center, shown as striped.
• The vestibular nerve is responsible for balance while the cochlear nerveis responsible for hearing.
• The cochlear nerve is absent in this patient with normal facial nerve function.
• OBJECT: It has been empirically recognized that the cochlear nerve is highly vulnerable to traumatic stress resulting from surgical procedures; therefore, careful manipulation of the cochlear nerve is mandatory in preventing trauma-induced hearing loss during cerebellopontine angle (CPA) surgery.
• , tonotopy) of the human cochlear nerve is unknown.

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