Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.
The cochlear nerve (also auditory or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the vestibulocochlear nerve a cranial nerve present in higher vertebrates. The cochlear nerve carries sound waves from the cochlea of the inner ear directly to the brain. The other portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve is the vestibular nerve which carries spatial orientation information to the brain from the semicircular canals.
