This section is from the book "The Horse - Its Treatment In Health And Disease", by J. Wortley Axe. Also available from Amazon: The Horse. Its Treatment In Health And Disease.
Eighth, the Auditory Nerve, arises in company with the seventh nerve from the medulla oblongata, immediately behind the pons varolii. It enters the internal auditory meatus at once, and divides into two branches, one of which is supplied to the cochlea and the other to the vestibule and semicircular canals.
This nerve is for the special sense of hearing.
 
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