Midbrain tegmentum

Midbrain tegmentum
Brain: Midbrain tegmentum
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Transverse section of mid-brain at level of superior colliculi. ("Tegmentum" visible center right.)
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Section through superior colliculus showing path of oculomotor nerve. (Tegmentum not labeled, but surrounding structures more clearly defined.)
Latin Tegmentum Mesencephali
Gray's subject #188 802
Part of Midbrain
NeuroNames hier-482
MeSH Tegmentum+Mesencephali
NeuroLex ID birnlex_1200

The midbrain tegmentum is the part of the midbrain extending from the substantia nigra to the cerebral aqueduct in a horizontal section of the midbrain. It forms the floor of the midbrain which surrounds the cerebral aqueduct.

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v · d · eHuman brain: mesencephalon (midbrain) (TA A14.1.06, GA 9.800)
Tectum
(Dorsal)
Surface
White: Sensory/ascending
White: Motor/descending
Peduncle
(Ventral)
Tegmentum
White: Sensory/ascending
lemnisci (Medial, Lateral) · Ascending MLF (Vestibulo-oculomotor fibers) · Spinothalamic tract · Anterior trigeminothalamic tract · Dentatothalamic tract
White: Motor/descending
Grey: other
Base
White: Motor/descending
Surface

M: CNS

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