A composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea.
1An isolated lesion of the eighth cranial nerve can be the only neurologic sign in patients with leukoencephalopathy complicating Lyme disease.
2Tumors of the eighth cranial nerve, as well as other intracranial and spinal neoplasms, are the typical lesions in type 2 neurofibromatosis.
3Vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are benign tumors arising from eighth cranial nerve and most often occur sporadically in individuals of middle age group.
Translations for eighth cranial nerve