Medical Definition of Spinal tract of trigeminal nerve

1. A compact fibre bundle, comma-shaped on transverse section, composed of primary sensory fibres of the portio major of the trigeminal nerve, descending from the level of the entrance of the trigeminus in the upper pons down through the dorsolateral region of the rhombencephalic tegmentum along the lateral side of the descending or spinal nucleus of the trigeminus, emerging on the dorsolateral surface of the lower medulla oblongata as the tuberculum cinereum, and continuing as far as the second cervical segment of the spinal cord. Its fibres are distributed to the descending or spinal nucleus of the trigeminus. Synonym: tractus spinalis nervi trigemini, descending tract of trigeminal nerve, tractus descendens nervi trigemini. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinal Tract Of Trigeminal Nerve

spinal paralysis
spinal part of accessory nerve
spinal part of arachnoid
spinal point
spinal puncture
spinal quotient
spinal reflex
spinal root of accessory nerve
spinal shock
spinal sign
spinal stroke
spinal tap
spinal taps
spinal tract
spinal tract of trigeminal nerve (current term)
spinal tractotomy
spinal trigeminal nucleus
spinal tumour
spinal vein
spinal veins
spinalis
spinalis capitis muscle
spinalis cervicis muscle
spinalis muscle
spinalis thoracis
spinally
spinals
spinant
spinar

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