Term Name: ventral trigeminal tract
Synonyms: tractus trigeminalis ventralis, tractus trigeminothalamicus anterior, ventral secondary ascending tract of V, ventral trigeminal tract, ventral trigeminothalamic tract
Definition: The Anterior trigeminothalamic tract (or ventral trigeminothalamic tract) serves as pain, temperature, and light touch pathway from the face, head and neck. It receives input from trigeminal nerve, facial nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. It receives discriminative tactile and pressure input from the contralateral principal sensory nucleus of CN V, which terminates in the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus. It then ascends to the contralateral sensory cortex via three neurons .
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002549]

Relationships
is part of: pontine tegmentum
is a type of: tract of brain trigeminothalamic tract
disjoint_from: dorsal trigeminal tract