Medical Definition of Ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus

1. The large posterior part of the ventral nucleus of the thalamus receiving the somatic sensory lemnisci (medial lemniscus, spinothalamic tract, trigeminal lemniscus) and the ascending gustatory (taste) lemniscus, and projecting in turn by way of the internal capsule to the cortex of the postcentral gyrus. The nucleus is somatotopically organised and subdivided into a ventral posterolateral nucleus of thalamus representing the leg, a ventral posterior intermediate nucleus of thalamus representing the arm, a ventral posteromedial nucleus of thalamus representing the face, and an arcuate nucleus of thalamus receiving the gustatory lemniscus. Synonym: nucleus ventralis posterior thalami, ventrobasal nucleus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ventral Posterior Nucleus Of Thalamus

ventral glands
ventral hernia
ventral horn
ventral intermediate nucleus of thalamus
ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus
ventral mesogastrium
ventral nervous system defective
ventral nucleus of thalamus
ventral nucleus of trapezoid body
ventral pancreas
ventral part of pons
ventral placentation
ventral plate
ventral plate of neural tube
ventral posterior intermediate nucleus of thalamus
ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus (current term)
ventral posterolateral nucleus of thalamus
ventral primary rami of cervical spinal nerves
ventral primary rami of lumbar spinal nerves
ventral primary rami of sacral spinal nerves
ventral primary ramus of spinal nerve
ventral root
ventral sacrococcygeal ligament
ventral sacrococcygeal muscle
ventral sacrococcygeus muscle
ventral sacroiliac ligaments
ventral spinocerebellar tract
ventral spinothalamic tract
ventral splanchnic arteries
ventral surface of digit

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