Medial accessory olivary nucleus

Nucleus olivaris accessorius medialis

Definition

Muhammad A. Javaid

Medial accessory olivary nucleus is an accessory nucleus located anterior to the hilum of the principal inferior olivary nucleus. It is related anteriorly to the pyramids and anteromedially to the medial lemniscus.

References

  • Snell, R.S. (2010). ‘Chapter 5: The Brainstem’, in Clinical Neuroanatomy. (7th ed.) Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp.204.