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A cranial nerve nucleus is a collection of neurons (gray matter) in the brain stem that is associated with one or more of the cranial nerves. Axons carrying information to and from the cranial nerves form a synapse first at these nuclei. Lesions occurring at these nuclei can lead to effects resembling those seen by the severing of nerve(s) they ...
Atlas image: n2a4p4 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Brainstem, Cranial Nerve Nuclei, Sagittal Section, Medial View" Stained brain slice images which include the "Oculomotor nucleus" at the BrainMaps project; Steiger, H.-J.; Büttner-Ennever, J.A. (1979). "Oculomotor nucleus afferents in the monkey demonstrated with horseradish ...
The trochlear nucleus is located in the midbrain, at an intercollicular level between the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus. [3] As with all motor nuclei of cranial nerves, it is located near the midline (i.e. in the medial midbrain). [2] It is embedded within the medial longitudinal fasciculus.
The midbrain has the nuclei of the oculomotor nerve (III) and trochlear nerve (IV); the pons has the nuclei of the trigeminal nerve (V), abducens nerve (VI), facial nerve (VII) and vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII); and the medulla has the nuclei of the glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), vagus nerve (X), accessory nerve (XI) and hypoglossal nerve (XII ...
Nuclei lying under the floor of the fourth ventricle Pons. Located in the superior orbital fissure. Innervates the lateral rectus, which abducts the eye. VII Facial: Both sensory and motor Pons (cerebellopontine angle) above olive Located in and runs through the internal acoustic canal to the facial canal and exits at the stylomastoid foramen.
The nuclei of two pairs of cranial nerves are similarly located at the ventral side of the periaqueductal grey – the pair of oculomotor nuclei (which control the eyelid, and most eye movements) is located at the level of the superior colliculus, [10] while the pair of trochlear nuclei (which helps focus vision on more proximal objects) is ...
The sensory trigeminal nerve nuclei are the largest of the cranial nerve nuclei, and extend through the whole of the midbrain, pons and medulla, and into the upper cervical spinal cord. The nucleus is divided into three parts, from rostral to caudal (top to bottom in humans): The mesencephalic nucleus; The principal sensory nucleus
The tegmentum is the location of several cranial nerve nuclei. The nuclei of CN III and IV are located in the tegmentum portion of the midbrain. The nuclei of CN V to VIII are located in the tegmentum at the level of the pons. The nuclei of CN IX, X, and XII are located in that of the medulla. [citation needed]