acoustic nerve
auditory nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve
nervus vestibulocochlearis
eighth cranial nerve

It transmits the facial and acoustic nerves and the internal auditory branch of the basilar artery.

Also an autosomal dominant disorder, NF2 is primarily characterized by benign tumors of both acoustic nerves, leading to progressive hearing loss.

For that reason it is frequently called the acoustic nerve ("hear" G), or auditory nerve ("hear" L).

OUR EARS 257 The acoustic nerve leads from the cochlea.

The bone overlying the acoustic nerve is removed, allowing the tumour to expand upward into the middle cranial fossa.

Domenico Cotugno discovered that the membranous labyrinth contains fluid, the endolymph, and on its walls the ramifications of the acoustic nerve are distributed.

The electrodes record the electrical activity from the acoustic nerve and in other parts of the brain involved in hearing.

Section of the facial and acoustic nerves within internal acoustic meatus (the separation between them is not apparent in the section)

Electronystagmography is performed to evaluate the acoustic nerve, which provides hearing and helps with balance.

Any disease or injury that damages the acoustic nerve can cause vertigo.