Pons
Diagram depicing axial section through the pons.
Features labled:
- Facial nerve nucleus
- Facial nerve (CN VII) fibres arching behind the
- Abducens nucleus (CN IV) forming the
- Facial colliculus
- Motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)
- Medial longitudinal fasciculus
- Corticospinal tracts
- Middle cerebellar peduncle
Used in the following articles:
- Facial colliculus syndrome - “Constellation of neurological signs due to a lision at the facial colliculus, involving Abducens nerve (CN VI) nucleusFacial nerve (CN VII) fibres ...”
- Facial colliculus - “The facial colliculus is not formed by the facial nerve nucleus, but by the fibres of the facial nerve arching backwards around the abducens n...”
- Facial nerve (CN VII) - “The facial nerve is one of those cranial nerves that gives a headache just trying to think about it.Although at first glance it is a motor nerve to...”
