The<unk>  is one of the two branches of the Vestibulocochlear nerve (the cochlear nerve being the other). It goes to the semicircular canals via the<unk>  ganglion. It receives positional information.
Axons of the<unk>  synapse in the<unk>  nucleus on the lateral floor and wall of the fourth ventricle in the pons and medulla.
It arises from bipolar cells in the<unk>  ganglion, ganglion of Scarpa, which is situated in the upper part of the outer end of the internal auditory meatus.
Vestibular nerve
Trigeminal nerve
Oculomotor nerve
Vestibulocochlear nerve
Abducens nerve
Supratrochlear nerve
Auriculotemporal nerve
Nasopalatine nerve