Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)

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The vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) is a cranial nerve composed of two divisions - vestibular nerve and cochlear nerve - both purely sensory in function. The vestibulocochlear nerve carries special somatic afferent fibers from structures of the inner ear.

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