innervates branching part of extends_fibers_into nerve vestibulocochlear nerve cochlear nucleus cochlea cochlear nerve BM:VIIIN cochlear root of acoustic nerve BAMS:cVIIIn VHOG:0001182 vestibulocochlear VIII nerve cochlear component GAID:723 MA:0001110 cochlear root of eighth cranial nerve NCIT:C12697 UBERON:0004727 FMA:53431 nervus vestibulocochlearis EMAPA:17802 A nerve in the head that carries signals from the cochlea of the inner ear to the brain. It is part of the vestibulocochlear nerve, the 8th cranial nerve which is found in higher vertebrates; the other portion of the 8th cranial nerve is the vestibular nerve which carries spatial orientation information from the semicircular canals. The cochlear nerve is a sensory nerve, one which conducts to the brain information about the environment, in this case acoustic energy impinging on the tympanic membrane. The cochlear nerve arises from within the cochlea and extends to the brainstem, where its fibers make contact with the cochlear nucleus, the next stage of neural processing in the auditory system[WP]. cochlear component BTO:0003490 vestibulocochlear nerve cochlear component MESH:D003056 neuronames:1406 EHDAA2:0002195 MBA:948 Wikipedia:Cochlear_nerve SCTID:280286001 auditory nerve nerve of head region