Transverse section of midbrain at superior colliculus

About this plate

Transverse section of midbrain at superior colliculus. Axial view of the brain.

Region

brain

Structure

midbrain

View

axial

System

brainstem, cranial nerves, white matter

Focus

superior colliculus, oculomotor nucleus and nerve rootlets, red nucleus, substantia nigra

Structures labelled on this plate

• nucleus of superior colliculus
• aqueduct of cerebrum
• central gray stratum
• medial lemniscus (tegmentum)
• III
• nucleus of oculomotor nerve
• medial longitudinal fasciculus
• root filaments of oculomotor nerve
• interpeduncular ganglion
• interpeduncular fossa
• substantia nigra
• root of oculomotor nerve
• base of peduncle
• red nucleus of tegmentum

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.