Medial vestibular nucleus - e-Anatomy

The medial vestibular nucleus corresponding to the lower part of the area acustica in the rhomboid fossa; the caudal end of this nucleus is sometimes termed the descending or spinal vestibular nucleus.

References

This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org

Anatomical hierarchy

Human anatomy 1

Systemic anatomy >
Nervous system >
Central part of nervous system; Central nervous system >
Brain >
Rhombencephalon; Hindbrain >
Metencephalon; Pons and cerebellum >
Pons >
Tegmentum of pons >
Grey substance >
Vestibular nuclei >
Medial vestibular nucleus

Underlying structures: There are no anatomical children for this anatomical part

Human neuroanatomy

Central nervous system >
Brain >
Brain stem >
Pons >
Internal features >
Basal part of pons >
Pontine tegmentum >
Grey matter >
Vestibular nuclei >
Medial vestibular nucleus

Underlying structures:

Magnocellular part
Parvocellular part

Comparative anatomy in animals

Nucleus vestibularis medialis

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