Dorsal trigeminal tract

System Nervous

Dorsal trigeminal tract

Definition

The dorsal trigeminal tract (dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, or lemniscus) is a tract which receives signals from Meissner's corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles. this tract arises from Principal trigeminal nucleus and terminates in the VPM nucleus of the thalamus. [WP,unvetted].

Also known as dorsal ascending trigeminal tract, dorsal division of trigeminal lemniscus, dorsal secondary ascending tract of v, dorsal secondary tract of v, dorsal trigeminal lemniscus, dorsal trigeminal pathway, dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, posterior trigeminothalamic tract, reticulothalamic tract, tractus trigeminothalamicus posterior, uncrossed dorsal trigeminothalamic tract — per UBERON

The Dorsal trigeminal tract is a part of the Nervous.

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