Outline ♪ Motor nerve

A. Pons ♪ One of the nerve of Extra ocular muscles (3 4 6)

♪ Nucleus → abducens motor nucleus,
† wrapping abducens motor nucleus is fiber from
Video → Medicosis Perfectionalis
facial nerve nucleus.
Notes → Transcript of Medicosis Perfectionalis
† This wrap around of facial nerve form an

elevation → facial colliculus.

Pons † → facial colliculus caused by facial nerve
wrapping around nucleus of abducens.
– – Cranial nerve 7
– ♪ One of nerve of branchial apparatus ( 5 7 9 10)
– Peduncles ♪ One of the nerve of parasympathetic NS ( 3 7 910)
♪Recall → connection between midbrain and ♪ Mixed nerve
cerebrum → cerebral Peduncle ♪ Nucleus
♪ connection between brainstem and cerebellum →
† Sensory nucleus
cerebellar peduncle † motor nucleus → main
† Pons to cerebellum → middle cerebellar
† Superior Salivatory nucleus → Parasympathetic
peduncle Nucleus
† Middle cerebellar peduncle also called
 Parasympathetic fibers to sublingual and
Intermediate fiber bundle. submandibular gland via submandibular
– back of pons ganglion.
♪ fourth ventricle → ventricle of hind brain.
† Note
† Half lies in pons
 Sup Salivatory nucleus → CN 7
† Half lies in medulla
 Inferior Salivatory Nucleus → CN 9
ϫ Cranial nerves from pons ž Mn → CN 7 superior to CN 9
♪ 5 6 7 8
 Inferior Salivatory Nucleus fibers to parotid
– Cranial Nerve 5 gland via otic ganglion.
♪ One of the nerve of branchial apparatus (CN 5 7 9
† Note 2
10)  Taste from anterior two-thirds → superior
♪ Mixed nerve
salivatory nucleus
♪ Nuclei
 Taste from posterior tongue → inferior
† Motor nucleus
salivatory nucleus.
† Principal sensory nucleus aka main sensory
– CN 8 vestibulocochlear nerve
nucleus aka Principal pontine nucleus ♪ Nerve for hearing and balance
† principal sensory nucleus extends
♪ 2 nuclei
 up in → midbrain – called mesencephalic part † Vestibular nucleus complex
of principal nucleus. † Cochlear nucleus
 down in → medulla – called spinal part of ♪ Vestibular Nucleus complex
principal nucleus. † Location → ponto-medullary junction
– CN 6 abducens nerve
 † Function → Information from vestibulocochlear  red in image → pyramidal fibers → part of
nerve CN (VIII) for balance and equilibrium. pyramidal tract
† Part → 4 parts ž include corticospinal tract + corticobulbar

 Superior component tract.

 Inferior component ž corticospinal tract synapse in spinal nerves

 Medial component ž corticobulbar tract synapse in cranial nerve

 Lateral component nuclei.

♪ Cochlear nuclei † Pontine nuclei

† Two on each side  corticopontine fibers from cerebral cortex to

 Dorsal cochlear nuclei pons.
 Ventral cochlear nuclei † Lemnisci

† Location → positioned dorsal and ventral to the  Behind pontine nuclei is lemnisci.
inferior cerebellar peduncles  Includes
† Function → receive auditory information from ž medial lemniscus

CN 8. ž trigeminal lemniscus

♪ ž spinal lemniscus

– External Anterior view of pons ž lateral lemniscus.

♪ Anterior part called → basilar part of pons  lemniscus def →

♪ Basilar artery runs in a groove basilar groove. ž a tract that contains sensory fibers
♪ Horizontally on surface of pons run transverse ž leaving brainstem and heading upstairs to

streaks. thalamus
♪ cranial nerve 7 and 8 emerge from ponto-cerebellar ♪ Middle of Pons

angle at ponto-medullary junction. † nuclei of CN 5

– External Posterior view of Pons  sensory nucleus

♪ Upper half of fourth ventricle lies in pons  motor nucleus
♪ Sulcus in midline → median longitudinal sulcus. † Medial longitudinal fasciculus

♪ Superiorly lies → Superior medullary velum ♪ Anterior of Pons

♪ Facial colliculus caused by facial nerve wrapping † glimpse of superior cerebellar peduncle between

around abducens nucleus. midbrain and cerebellum.

ϫ Transverse Section of Pons † 4th ventricle

– Cross section in upper / Rostral pons – Caudal / Lower Pons

♪ Anterior Pons→ ♪ Anterior Pons

† Basis pontis † Transverse fibers (same as in rostral pons)

 Name of anterior part of pons is Basis Pontus † Longitudinal fibers (same as in rostral pons)

 Basis pontis composed of transverse fibers of ♪ Middle Pons

pons † Trapezoid body

 Called transverse fibers as in cross section † Medial lemniscus

they appear horizontal → mcq. † medial longitudinal fasciculus

 Transverse fibers make middle cerebellar  helps eye look medially towards your nose →
peduncles → mcq mcq
 Transverse fibers of pons connect pons to ♪ Posterior Pons

cerebellar cortex → mcq  Nuclei of CN 6, 7, 8

ž Mn → the nuclei of cerebellum are in ž Mn → 5 comes first → in superior pons

cerebellar cortex. ‫ ؞‬6 7 8 comes afterwards → in inferior

♪ Recall rule → anterior is motor and posterior is pons
sensory † facial colliculus → spherical elevation caused by

† Vertical / Longitudinal fibers facial nerve wrapping around abducens nucleus.

 ♪ Note → Because abducens nerve is purely somatic ϫ
motor, it leaves medially, but because facial nerve ϫ
is mixed, it's gonna leave more laterally ϫ
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– CN 5 → anterolateral from pons ϫ
– CN 6 7 8 → from pontomedullary junction ♪

† H2O2 Catalase
→
O2 and H2O

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– Corticopontocerebellar Fibers
♪ Connect cerebral cortex to cerebellum.
♪ This connection is for Coordination of motor
activities between cerebrum & cerebellum
♪ Right Pontine nuclei connects to ipsilateral
cerebrum BUT contralateral cerebellum
† OR

♪ Right pontine nuclei + right cerebrum connect to

left cerebellum.
♪ A/c middle pons connect cerebrum to cerebellum
via middle cerebellar peduncle.
♪ These are classified afferent fibers from cerebral
cortex to cerebellum.
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