Since the vestibulocochlear nerve is in proximity to the geniculate ganglion, it may also be affected, and patients may also suffer from tinnitus, hearing loss, and vertigo.
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In each of these situations, as fluid rushes by the cupula, the hair cells stimulated transmit the corresponding signal to the brain through the vestibulocochlear nerve ( CN VIII)
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The nuclei of the trigeminal nerve ( V ), abducens nerve ( VI ), facial nerve ( VII ) and vestibulocochlear nerve ( VIII ) are located in the pons.
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This shift alters the positions of the filaments, which opens ion channels within the cell membranes, creating depolarisation and an action potential that is transmitted to the brain along the vestibulocochlear nerve.
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Common examples are the bipolar cell of the retina, the ganglia of the vestibulocochlear nerve, and the extensive use of bipolar cells to transmit efferent ( motor ) signals to control muscles.
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The tumor may develop within the auditory canal, where the vestibulocochlear nerve which supplies the inner ear penetrates the skull ( intracanalicular neuroma ) or outside the canal ( extra-canalicular neuroma ).
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This causes the cell to depolarise, and creates an action potential that is transmitted along the spiral ganglion, which sends information through the auditory portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve to the temporal lobe of the brain.
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An acoustic neuroma, particularly at the junction between the pons and medulla, may compress the facial nerve ( VII ) and vestibulocochlear nerve ( VIII ), leading to hearing and sensory loss on the affected side.
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The "'vestibulocochlear nerve "'( "'auditory vestibular nerve "'), known as the eighth cranial nerve, transmits sound and equilibrium ( balance ) information from the inner ear to the brain.
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The internal auditory meatus provides a passage through which the vestibulocochlear nerve, the facial nerve, and the labyrinthine artery ( an internal auditory branch of the basilar artery ) can pass from inside the skull to structures of the inner ear and face.
