| Region |
Medial Structures |
Dorsolateral Structures |
| Rostral Midbrain |
• Pyramidal tracts(PT) in cerebral peduncle
• Superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP)
• Oculomotor nucleus/ 3rd nerve
• Medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF)
• Reticular formation(RF)
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| Mid-Pons |
• Medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF)
• Reticular formation(RF)
• Pyramidal tracts(PT)
|
• Middle cerebellar peduncle (MCP)
• Trigeminal sensory and motor nuclei/5th nerve
|
Caudal
Pons |
• Abducens nerve/ 6th nerve
• Motor fibers of 7th nerve
• PPRF-lateral gaze center
• Pyramidal tracts(PT)
|
• Facial motor nucleus/7th nerve
• Middle cerebellar peduncle (MCP)
• Descending tract/nucleus of 5th nerve
• Spinothalamic tract(ST)
• Vestibular(VN) and Cochlear nuclei/
8th nerve
|
Rostral
Medulla |
• Hypoglossal nucleus/12th nerve
• Pyramidal tracts
• Medial lemniscus
|
• Nucleus ambiguus
• Exiting 9th and 10th nerves
• Descending tract/ nucleus of 5th nerve
• Spinothalamic tract(ST)
• Vestibular nuclei (VN)
• Inferior cerebellar peduncle (ICP)
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