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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Functional Anatomy of the Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus

H. Schröder

subject

Trigeminal nerveProprioceptionbusiness.industrySuperior colliculusSpinal trigeminal nucleusAnatomyInferior alveolar nerveSomatosensory systemmedicine.diseaseGanglionmedicine.anatomical_structureTrigeminal neuralgiamedicinebusiness

description

The trigeminal nerve (nV) conveys general somatic afferent exteroceptive input from the skin of the face and the frontal parts of the head, the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, tongue and nose, the tooth pulp, eye and meninges via the trigeminal (Gasserian) ganglion to the nuclei of termination [28]. Somatosensory input reaches the principal sensory nucleus of the nV and the spinal trigeminal nucleus of the nV (STN). Proprioceptive input from masticatory muscles innervated by trigeminal motor efferents is transferred to the nV mesencephalic nucleus.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1993-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78172-8_19