Slide 24: Middle Pons

Identify:

• Trigeminal Nerve Root
• Principal Sensory Trigeminal Nucleus
• Motor Trigeminal Nucleus, 5
• Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus
• Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
• Ventral Spinocerebellar Tract
• Central Tegmental Tract (CTT)

Note:

• This is a high power view of the upper right quadrant of the previous slide.
• Notice that the Ventral Spinocerebellar Tract courses up into the cerebellum over the external surface of the Superior Cerebellar Peduncle.