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Axial through the mid brain corpora quadrigemina cerebral

Axial through the mid brain corpora quadrigemina cerebral — Brain and spinal cord
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Axial through the mid brain corpora quadrigemina cerebral. Axial view of the brain.

Region
brain
Structure
midbrain
View
axial
System
brainstem, ventricles, white matter, cranial nerves
Focus
midbrain, cerebral aqueduct, substantia nigra, oculomotor nerve

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Corpora quadrigemina
  • Cerebral aqueduct
  • Periaqueductal (central) gray
  • Interpeduncular space
  • Lateral sulcus of midbrain
  • Substantia nigra
  • Red nucleus
  • Oculomotor nerve
  • 8’. Oculomotor nucleus
  • a. Lemniscus (in blue)
  • a’. Medial lemniscus
  • a”. Lateral lemniscus
  • b. Medial longitudinal fasciculus
  • c. Raphe
  • d. Temporopontine fibers
  • e. Portion of medial lemniscus, which runs to the lentiform nucleus and insula
  • f. Corticospinal fibers
  • g. Frontopontine fibers

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.