Term Name: | dorsal trigeminal tract |
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Synonyms: | dorsal secondary ascending tract of V, dorsal secondary tract of v, dorsal trigemino-thalamic tract, dorsal trigmino-thalamic tract, tractus trigeminalis dorsalis, tractus trigemino-thalamicus dorsalis |
Definition: | The dorsal trigeminal tract (dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, or lemniscus) is a tract which receives signals from Meissner's corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles. this tract arises from Principal trigeminal nucleus and terminates in the VPM nucleus of the thalamus. [WP,unvetted]. |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002797] |