Term Name: spinal trigeminal tract
Synonyms: descending root of V, descending tract of trigeminal, spinal root of trigeminal, spinal tract of the trigeminal nerve, spinal tract of trigeminal nerve, spinal trigeminal tract, spinal V tract, tract of descending root of trigeminal, tractus spinalis nervi trigeminalis, tractus spinalis nervi trigemini, trigeminospinal tract
Definition: Brainstem tract formed by the central processes of first-order, trigeminal ganglion neurons that extends from the caudal medulla to the midpons. This tract conveys nociceptive and thermal information from the face to second-order neurons in the spinal nucleus of the trigeminal complex.
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0014761]

Relationships
is part of: brainstem
is a type of: tract of brain
has subtype: spinal trigeminal tract of medulla spinal trigeminal tract of pons