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The vestibulocochlear cranial nerve controls hearing.
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What Cranial nerve is equilibrium and hearing?
The cranial nerve responsible for hearing and equilibrium is vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII). It originates from between the pons and medulla.
Which cranial nerve controls hearing and body balance?
8th cranial nerve - vestibulocochlear
What cranial nerve carries hearing impulses to the brain?
the "vestibulocochlear" nerve is used for hearing. the hair cells of the cochlea and vestibular are how the nerve receives the information. The nerve is (VIII) out of the 12 cranial nerves.
What cranial nerve is used when smelling a flower?
The Olfactory nerve. CN1 Cranial Nerve I, or the first cranial nerve called the Olfactory nerve.
Which cranial nerve is responsible for the sense of hearing?
olfactory
Which cranial nerve controls both body balance and hearing?
I believe that the vestibulocochlear nerve controls balance and hearing.
What is the function of cranial nerves?
cranial nerve I: olfactory:smell cranial nerve II:optic:vision cranial nerve III: oculomotor: 4 of 6 eye muscles cranial nerve IV: trochlear: cranial nerve V: Trigeminal cranial nerve VI: Abducens cranial nerve VII: Facial cranial nerve VIII: Vestibulochlear: hearing cranial nerve IX: Grosspharnxgeal: saliva formation cranial nerve X: Vegus cranial nerve XI: Acessory Spinal: trapizious movement cranial nerve XII: Hypoglosseal: toungue movement
Which cranial nerve transmits hearing and equilibrium information to the brain?
vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
Which cranial nerves is responsible for olfaction?
The olfactory nerve which is also cranial nerve number 1 is responsible for the sense of olfaction.
What are hair cells and what is their relationship to the auditory nerve?
the out hair cells (OHC)push against the tectorial membrane in response to efferent innervation from the CNS the seventh cranial nerve it's the inner hair cells (IHC) that provide the sense of hearing afferent innervation to the CNS the eighth cranial nerve
The nerve that contains the sensory fibers are involved in hearing?
There are two nerves in the ear. They are the cochlear nerve and the vestibulocochlear nerve. These nerves contain the nerve fibers that arr involved in hearing.
What cranial nerve would involve tightrope walking and listening to music?
The Vestibulocochlear nerve is associated with balance and hearing. Vestibulo-balance, cochlear-hearing.
