WordNet
vestibulocochlear nerve
n. a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea [syn: acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve]
Wikipedia
Vestibulocochlear nerve
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.