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dorsal trigeminal tract

Term ID
UBERON:0002797
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]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_trigeminal_tract
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