Term Name:	principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve
Synonyms:	chief sensory trigeminal nucleus, chief trigeminal sensory nucleus, main sensory nucleus of cranial nerve v, nucleus pontinus nervi trigeminalis, nucleus pontinus nervi trigemini, nucleus principalis nervi trigemini, nucleus sensibilis superior nervi trigemini, nucleus sensorius principalis nervi trigemini, nucleus sensorius superior nervi trigemini, pontine nucleus, pontine nucleus of the trigeminal nerve, primary nucleus of the trigeminal nerve, principal sensory nucleus, principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal, principal sensory nucleus of the trigeminal nerve, trigeminal V chief sensory nucleus, trigeminal V principal sensory nucleus
Definition:	The principal sensory nucleus (or chief sensory nucleus of V) is a group of second order neurons which have cell bodies in the dorsal Pons. It receives information about discriminative sensation and light touch of the face as well as conscious proprioception of the jaw via first order neurons of CN V. Most of the sensory information crosses the midline and travels to the contralateral ventral posteriomedial (VPM) of the thalamus via the Ventral Trigeminothalamic Tract, but information of the oral cavity travels to the ipsilateral Ventral Posteriomedial (VPM) of the thalamus via the Dorsal Trigeminothalamic Tract. [WP,unvetted].
Ontology:	Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002597]