vestibulocochlear nerve; eighth cranial nerve
Medical term for the eighth cranial nerve, responsible for hearing and balance. Also known as the auditory nerve or acoustic nerve.
The vestibulocochlear nerve is involved in hearing and balance.
聴神経 is a more common term for the auditory nerve, often used interchangeably with 第八脳神経 in clinical contexts, but 第八脳神経 is more precise anatomically.
Compound of 第八 (eighth), 脳 (brain), and 神経 (nerve), directly translating the Western anatomical term 'eighth cranial nerve'.