Dorsal surface of pons is related with?
Correct Answer: Facial
Description: The pons can be broadly divided into two pas: the basilar pa of the pons(ventral) and the pontine tegmentum( dorsal)The pontine tegmentum contains nuclei of the cranial nerves -5,6,7,8 and their associated fibre tracts, the pontine reticular formation, the mesopontine cholinergic system, the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus, and the respiratory centres - the pneumotaxic centre and the apneustic centre.Trochlear nucleus is in the midbrain whereas hypoglossal and vagal nuclei in the medulla.(Reference: vishram Singh textbook of clinical neuroanatomy second edition pg 80)
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