Midbrain tegmentum

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Transverse section of mid-brain at level of superior colliculi. ("Tegmentum" visible center right.) |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |
|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |Section through superior colliculus showing path of oculomotor nerve. (Tegmentum not labeled, but surrounding structures more clearly defined.) |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"|Tegmentum Mesencephali |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #188 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Part of |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Components |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Artery |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Vein |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Acronym(s) |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |NeuroNames |colspan="2"|[hier-482] |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[A08.186.211.132.659.822] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |}
The midbrain tegmentum is part of the midbrain extending from the substantia nigra to the cerebral aqueduct.
Pertinent areas of Tegmentum
ventral tegmental area
Red Nucleus
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Brain: Midbrain tegmentum

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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