Transverse section through the inferior quadrigeminate bodies

About this plate

Transverse section through the inferior quadrigeminate bodies. Axial view of the brain.

Region

brain

Structure

midbrain

View

axial

System

brainstem, white matter, cranial nerves, special sense

Focus

inferior colliculus, cerebral aqueduct, trochlear nucleus, cerebral peduncle

Structures labelled on this plate

• Stratum zonale
• Nucleus of inferior colliculus
• Aqueduct of cerebrum
• Nucleus of mesence- ephalic (descend- ing) root of masti- cator
• Nucleus of trochlear nerve
• Medial longitudinal fasciculus
• Brachium con- junctivum
• Decussation of brachia conjunctiva
• Posterior recess of in- terpeduncular fossa
• Central grey substance
• Nucleus of lateral lemniscus
• Lateral lemniscus (acoustic
• Thalamo-olivary tract
• Lateral sulcus of mesencephalon
• Medial lemniscus
• Substantia nigra
• Basis of cerebral peduncle
• Superficial stratum of pons

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