Cranial nerve ______ conducts equilibrium and auditory information to the brain.

Cranial nerve VIII is also known as vestibulocochlear nerve. It conducts equilibrium, balance and auditory (hearing) information to the brain. It is found in the inner ear.

There are in total 12 cranial nerves. In brief the roles and names of other nerves are:

CN I (Olfactory nerve): conducts sensation of smell to the brain
CN II (Optic nerve): conducts visual information to the brain
CN III (Occulomotor nerve): this nerve is important for eye movements
CN IV ( Trochlear nerve): this nerve is also important for eye movement
CN V (Trigeminal nerve): this nerve conducts sensory information from face
CN VI (Abducens nerve): this nerve plays a role in eye movement
CN VII (Facial nerve): this nerve is important for muscles of face and also plays a role in conducting taste sensation from tongue
CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear nerve): auditory information and equilibrium
CN IX (Glossopharyngeal nerve): this nerve plays a role in conducting taste sensation from tongue, controls blood pressure and also innervates stylopharyngeus muslce (responsible for laryngeal and pharyngeal elevation)
CN X (Vagus nerve): it supplies innervation to many visceral organs and also innervates pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles
CN XI (Spinal accessory nerve): it innervates 2 important muscles; sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
CN XII (Hypoglossal nerve): this nerve innervates tongue muscles