Dorsal trigeminal tract
The dorsal trigeminal tract, dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, or posterior trigeminothalamic tract, is composed of second-order neuronal axons. These fibers carry sensory information about discriminative touch and conscious proprioception in the oral cavity from the principal (chief sensory) nucleus of the trigeminal nerve to the ventral posteromedial (VPM) nucleus of the thalamus.
| Dorsal trigeminal tract | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus trigeminothalamicus posterior |
| NeuroNames | 606 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1718 |
| TA98 | A14.1.05.312 |
| TA2 | 5864 |
| FMA | 72500 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The dorsal trigeminothalamic tract is also called the posterior trigeminal lemniscus.
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