Midbrain tegmentum

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Brain: Midbrain tegmentum
Transverse section of mid-brain at level of superior colliculi. ("Tegmentum" visible center right.)
Section through superior colliculus showing path of oculomotor nerve. (Tegmentum not labeled, but surrounding structures more clearly defined.)
Latin	Tegmentum Mesencephali
Gray's	subject #188 802
Part of
Components
Artery
Vein
BrainInfo/UW	hier-482
MeSH	A08.186.211.132.659.822

The tegmentum is part of the midbrain extending from the substantia nigra to the cerebral aqueduct.

Pertinent areas of Tegmentum

• Pontine tegmentum
• Tegmentum
• Ventral tegmental area
• Red Nucleus

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Mesencephalon (midbrain)

cerebral peduncle: midbrain tegmentum (periaqueductal gray, ventral tegmentum, nucleus raphe dorsalis), pretectum, substantia nigra, red nucleus, pedunculopontine nucleus, medial longitudinal fasciculus, medial lemniscus, rubrospinal tract, lateral lemniscus tectum: corpora quadrigemina, inferior colliculi, superior colliculi cerebral aqueduct: oculomotor nucleus, trochlear nucleus, Edinger-Westphal nucleus

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