Facial colliculus
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| Brain: Facial colliculus | ||
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| Rhomboid fossa. (Colliculus facialis labeled at center left.) | ||
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| Human caudal brainstem posterior view (Colliculus facialis is #3) | ||
| Latin | colliculus facialis | |
| Gray's | subject #187 799 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-621 | |
The facial colliculus is an elevated area located on the dorsal pons in the floor of the 4th ventricle. It is formed by motor fibers of the facial nerve as they loop over the abducens nucleus. Thus a lesion to the facial colliculus would result in facial muscle paralysis.
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Axial section of the Brainstem (Pons) at the level of the Facial Colliculus
[edit] External links
- http://www.med.yale.edu/caim/cnerves/cn6/cn6_2.html
- http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/14CNVII.html
- http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_04be.htm
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