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pons
Function:
- main connection between the cerebellum & the brain stem through the cerebellar peduncles
Afferents:
- gray matter in the tegmentum region of the pons contains neurons receiving descending input from the forebrain
Efferents:
- neurons in the pons tegmentum sends nerve fibers into the cerebellun via the middle cerebellar peduncle & inferior cerebellar peduncle
Structure:
- white matter is only the anterior surface of the pons
- gray matter beneath that is a continuation of the tegmentum from the midbrain
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Related
brainstem hemorrhage
cerebellopontine angle
pontine artery
pontine nucleus/gray matter
pontine paramedian reticular formation (PPRF)
General
brainstem structure
References
- lumen Anatomy & Physiology. Module 12. The Nervous System
The Central Nervous System
The Brain Stem
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/austincc-ap1/chapter/the-central-nervous-system/#m46533-fig-ch13_02_07
Component-of
brainstem
rhombencephalon or hindbrain
Components
central (ventral) tegmental tract
corticobulbar tract
corticospinal tract
dorsal longitudinal fasciculus
facial nucleus
frontopontine (frontothalamopontomedullary) tract
lateral lemniscus
locus ceruleus (locus ferrugineus, substantia ferruginea, locus cinereus)
medial lemniscus (Reil band)
medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF)
occipitotemporopontine tract
olivocerebellar tract
rubrospinal tract
spinotectal tract
spinothalamic tract
subpeduncular nucleus
tectobulbar tract
tectospinal tract
trapezoid body
trigeminal lemniscus
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