====== Cochlear nerve ======
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The cochlear [[nerve]] (also auditory or acoustic nerve) is one of two parts of the [[vestibulocochlear nerve]], a [[cranial nerve]] present in amniotes. The cochlear nerve carries auditory sensory information from the [[cochlea]] of the [[inner ear]] directly to the brain stem. The other portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve is the [[vestibular nerve]], which carries spatial orientation information to the brain from the semicircular canals.

see [[Cochlear nerve aplasia]].