Superior vestibular nucleus

Superior vestibular nucleus
Terminal nuclei of the vestibular nerve, with their upper connections. (#7 is Nucleus of Bechterew.) View of medulla.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	nucleus vestibularis superior
NeuroNames	hier-712
NeuroLex ID	Superior vestibular nucleus
TA	A14.1.05.429
FMA	54617
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The superior vestibular nucleus, (Bechterew’s nucleus) is the dorso-lateral part of the vestibular nucleus and receives collaterals and terminals from the ascending branches of the vestibular nerve.

Sends uncrossed fibers to cranial nerve 3 and 4 via the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF)

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Anatomy of the pons

Dorsal/
(tegmentum)

Surface

White: Sensory

Medial longitudinal fasciculus
- Vestibulo-oculomotor fibers

White: Motor

Grey: Cranial nuclei

afferent:	GSA Trigeminal Principal Spinal Cochlear nucleus Dorsal Anterior Vestibular nuclei Superior

efferent:	SVE: Trigeminal motor nucleus Facial motor nucleus GSE: Abducens nucleus GVE: Superior salivary nucleus Inferior salivary nucleus

Other	Apneustic center Parabrachial area Pneumotaxic center Subparabrachial nucleus Medial parabrachial nucleus Lateral parabrachial nucleus Superior olivary nucleus Caerulean nucleus

Ventral/
(base)

Grey	Pontine nuclei

White: Motor/descending	Corticospinal tract Corticobulbar tract Corticopontine fibers MCP Pontocerebellar fibers

Surface	Basilar sulcus

Other grey: Raphe/
reticular

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