Term Name: | spinal trigeminal tract |
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Synonyms: | descending root of V, descending tract of trigeminal, spinal root of trigeminal, spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve, spinal tract of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigeminal tract, spinal V tract, tract of descending root of trigeminal, tractus spinalis nervi trigeminalis, tractus spinalis nervi trigemini, trigeminospinal tract |
Definition: | Brainstem tract formed by the central processes of first-order, trigeminal ganglion neurons that extends from the caudal medulla to the midpons. This tract conveys nociceptive and thermal information from the face to second-order neurons in the spinal nucleus of the trigeminal complex. |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0014761] |