Nervous system & sense organs
Cochlear nerve
Nervus cochlearis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left
- Part of
- Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
DescriptionUnreviewed
The cochlear nerve (also auditory nerve or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve, a cranial nerve present in amniotes, the other part being the vestibular nerve.
The cochlear nerve carries auditory sensory information from the cochlea of the inner ear directly to the brain.
The other portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve is the vestibular nerve, which carries spatial orientation information to the brain from the semicircular canals, also known as semicircular ducts.
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Names
- Latin
- Nervus cochlearis
- English
- Cochlear nerve
- French
- Nerf cochléaire
- Spanish
- Nervio coclear
- Portuguese
- Nervo coclear