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What is the function of the auditory system?
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Exteroceptive system concerned with the perception of sound
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What is the function of the vestibular system?
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Proprioception, maintenance of balance and equillibrium
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Cochlear nerve
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Vestibular nerve
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Where does the vestibulocochlear nerve enter the brainstem?
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At the cerebellopontine angle - the junction between the cerebellum, the pons and the medulla
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Internal acoustic meatus
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Tympanic membrane
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Middle ear
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Cochlea
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Vestibule
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Anterior semicircular canal
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Posterior semicircular canal
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Lateral semicircular canal
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Utricle
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Saccule
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