See Also: spinal nucleus of the trigeminus(medicine)
motor nucleus of trigeminus(medicine)
descending nucleus of the trigeminus(medicine)
principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminus(medicine)
spinal trigeminal nucleus(medicine)
trigeminal nucleus, spinal(medicine)
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trigeminus(dictionary)
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pulsus trigeminus(medicine)

spinal nucleus of the trigeminus (medicine)


spinal nucleus of the trigeminus -->
spinal trigeminal nucleus


The long sensory nucleus extending from the caudal border of the pontine sensory nucleus of the trigeminus down through the lateral region of the rhombencephalon into the upper three segments of the spinal cord's dorsal horn; it receives the fibres of the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve which descend along its lateral border as the spinal tract of trigeminal nerve.

Synonym: nucleus tractus spinalis nervi trigemini, descending nucleus of the trigeminus, spinal nucleus of the trigeminus.