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eighth cranial nerve

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eighth cranial nerve (tth, th)

Vestibulocochlear nerve (Eighth cranial nerve)
Nerve that transmits information, about hearing and balance from the ear to the brain.
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eighth cranial nerve.


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The eighth cranial nerve connects the inner ear to the brain.
3) The eighth cranial nerve is commonly affected as it has a long segment exposed to CSF (4) and is particularly well lined by myelin that is supported by haemosiderin-sensitive microglial cells.
The seventh and eighth cranial nerves (facial and vestibulocochlear) consistently course towards the internal auditory canal within the cerebellopontine angle (Haines, 2006).
 
 
 
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