Anatom3DVIII — Vestibulocochlear nerve
Nervus vestibulocochlearis (VIII) · VIII — sluchově-rovnovážný nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A nerve running from the inner ear through a narrow canal to the brainstem, in two parts.
What it does
Carries hearing from the cochlea and balance from the canals.
Keeping it well
Ear protection; one-sided hearing loss with ringing needs an MRI to exclude a nerve tumour.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Hearing loss & presbycusis
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma)
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies