superior olivary nucleus; dorsal nucleus of the trapezoid body

Strcture: - a circumscript, bipartite cell group located in the lower ventrolateral pontine tegmentum, immediately dorsal to the trapezoid body Function: - the superior olivary nucleus is thought to be involved in spatial localization of sound. Afferents: - cochlear nuclei bilaterally Efferents: - contributes to the lateral (auditory) lemniscus.

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995