spinotectal tract

Distribution: - a small anterolateral tract terminating in the intermediate & deep layers of the superior colliculus. - it is part of a larger population of spino-mesencephalic that includes spinal projections to the periaqueductal gray substance.

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Component-of

medulla mesencephalon (midbrain) pons spinal cord (spinal marrow)