Temporopontine fibers

The temporopontine fibers are corticopontine fibers projecting from the temporal lobe to the pontine nuclei. The temporopontine fibers are lateral to the cerebrospinal fibers; they originate in the temporal lobe and end in the pontine nuclei.

Temporopontine fibers
Coronal section through mid-brain. Corpora quadrigemina Cerebral aqueduct Central gray stratum Interpeduncular space Sulcus lateralis Substantia nigra Red nucleus of tegmentum Oculomotor nerve, with 8’, its nucleus of origin Lemniscus (in blue) with a’ the medial lemniscus and a" the lateral lemniscus Medial longitudinal fasciculus Raphé Temporopontine fibers Portion of medial lemniscus, which runs to the lentiform nucleus and insula Cerebrospinal fibers Frontopontine fibers
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Identifiers
Latin	fibrae temporopontinae
NeuroNames	1329
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The fibers descend through the sublentiform part of the internal capsule.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 802 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)