Brain Stem Section Identification Flashcards
I

Anterolateral Tract
(Caudal Medulla)
B

Nucleus of the Solitary Tract
(Caudal Medulla)
H

Decussation of the Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
(Caudal Midbrain)
P

Pontocerebellar Fibers [Transverse Fibers]
(Caudal Pons)
J

Nucleus Ambiguus
(Caudal Medulla)
H

Facial Nucleus
(Caudal Pons)
D

Lateral Lemniscus
(Rostral Pons)
B

VI. Abducens
(Caudal Pons)
C

Lateral Lemniscus
(Caudal Midbrain)
J

Pontocerebellar Fibers (Transverse Fibers)
(Rostral Pons)
C

Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle
(Very Rostral Medulla)
F

Pyramid [Corticospinal Tract]
(Very Rostral Medulla)
K

Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
(Rostral Midbrain)
E

Cerebral Peduncle
(Very Rostral Midbrain)
H

Substantia Nigra
(Rostral Midbrain)
C

Edinger-Westphal Nucleus
(Rostral Midbrain)
F

MLF
(Caudal Midbrain)
D

Brachium of the Inferior Colliculus
(Rostral Midbrain)
D

Anterolateral Tract
(Caudal Midbrain)
A

Vestibular Nuclei
(Very Rostral Medulla)
A

Gracile Nucleus
(Caudal Medulla)
B

Periaqueductal Gray
(Rostral Midbrain)
C

Fourth Ventricle
(Rostral Pons)
I

Middle Cerebellar Peduncle
(Caudal Pons)
E

Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus
(Caudal Medulla)
G

Lateral Lemniscus
(Caudal Pons)
B

Trochlear Decussation
(Rostral Pons)
K

Medial Lemniscus
(Rostral Medulla)
E

MLF
(Rostral Pons)
F

Spinal Nucleus of the Trigeminal Complex
(Caudal Medulla)
E

Trochlear Nucleus
(Caudal Midbrain)
H

Medial Longitudinal Fasiculus [MLF]
(Caudal Medulla)
F

VII. Facial
(Caudal Pons)
L

Cerebral Peduncle
(Rostral Midbrain)
B

Motor Nucleus of the Trigeminal Complex
(More Rostral Caudal Pons)
E

Spinal Nucleus of the Trigeminal Complex
(Caudal Pons)
D

Red Nucleus
(Very Rostral Midbrain)
A

Superior Colliculus
(Rostral Midbrain)
I

Corticopontine, Corticobulbar, & Corticospinal Fibers
(Rostral Pons)
H

Pontine Nuclei
(Rostral Pons)
L

Anterolateral Tract
(Caudal Pons)
K

Pontine Nuclei
(Caudal Pons)
C

Lateral Cuneate Nucleus
(Caudal Medulla)
G

Medial Lemniscus
(Caudal Midbrain)
J

Inferior Olivary Nucleus
(Rostral Medulla)
I

Pontine Nuclei
(Caudal Midbrain)
O

Corticopontine, Corticobulbar, & Corticospinal Fibers
(Caudal Pons)
M

III. Oculomotor Fibers
(Rostral Midbrain)
K

Medial Lemniscus
(Caudal Medulla)
N

Medial Lemniscus
(Caudal Pons)
I

Nucleus Ambiguus
(Rostral Medulla)
A

Vestibular Nuclei
(Rostral Medulla)
C

Vestibular Nuclei
(Caudal Pons)
F

Anterolateral Tract
(Rostral Pons)
L

Pyramid [Corticospinal Tract]
(Rostral Medulla)
A

Main (Sensory) Nucleus of the Trigeminal Complex
(More Rostral Caudal Pons)
F

Oculomotor Nucleus
(Rostral Midbrain)
G

Hypoglossal Nucleus
(Caudal Medulla)
E

Anterolateral Tract
(Rostral Midbrain)
D

Cuneate Nucleus
(Caudal Medulla)
F

Hypoglossal Nucleus
(Rostral Medulla)
A

Superior Colliculus
(Very Rostral Midbrain)
H

Anterolateral Tract
(Rostral Medulla)
D

MLF
(Caudal Pons)
B

Periaqueductal Gray
(Caudal Midbrain)
I

Red Nucleus
(Rostral Midbrain)
B

Medial Geniculate Nucleus [of the Thalamus]
(Very Rostral Midbrain)
C

MLF
(Rostral Medulla)
D

Nucleus of the Solitary Tract
(Rostral Medulla)
L

Pyramid [Corticospinal Tract]
(Caudal Medulla)
G

Spinal Nucleus of the Trigeminal Complex
(Rostral Medulla)
C

Substantia Nigra
(Very Rostral Midbrain)
E

Inferior Cerebellar Peduncle
(Rostral Medulla)
A

Inferior Colliculus
(Caudal Midbrain)
J

Cerebral Peduncle
(Caudal Midbrain)
A

Abducens Nucleus
(Caudal Pons)
D

Ventral Cochlear Nucleus
(Very Rostral Medulla)
B

Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus
(Very Rostral Medulla)
E

Inferior Olivary Nucleus
(Very Rostral Medulla)
J

MLF
(Rostral Midbrain)
G

Medial Lemniscus
(Rostral Midbrain)
G

Medial Lemniscus
(Rostral Pons)
B

Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus
(Rostral Medulla)
J

Superior Olivary Nucleus
(Caudal Pons)
A

Superior Cerebellar Peduncle
(Rostral Pons)