Brachium of inferior colliculus

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Brain: Brachium of inferior colliculus
1. Taenia choroidea (and lateral: Lamina affixa, Stria terminalis) 2. Thalamus, Pulvinar thalami 3. Third ventricle 4. Stalk of pineal gland 5. Habenula 6. Stria medullaris 7. Superior colliculus 8. Brachium of superior colliculus 9. Inferior colliculus 10. Brachium of inferior colliculus 11. Medial geniculate nucleus 12. Sulcus medianus 13. Superior cerebellar peduncles 14. Inferior cerebellar peduncle 15. Middle cerebellar peduncles 16. Tuberculum anterius thalami 17. Obex, Area postrema
Latin	brachium colliculi inferioris
Gray's	subject #188 806
Dorlands/Elsevier	b_20/12194990

The Brachium of inferior colliculus (or inferior brachium) carries auditory afferent fibers from the inferior colliculus of the mesencephalon to the medial geniculate nucleus.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Neuroanatomy 5th edition, Nolte. Mosby 2002.

v • d • e Brain: mesencephalon (midbrain) Tectum (Dorsal) Corpora quadrigemina: Inferior colliculi (Brachium of inferior colliculus), Superior colliculi (Brachium of superior colliculus) Subcommissural organ • Pretectum Peduncle (Ventral) Peduncle tegmentum Periaqueductal gray (Cerebral aqueduct, Dorsal raphe nucleus) Ventral tegmentum • Pedunculopontine nucleus • Red nucleus (Rubrospinal tract, Rubro-olivary tract)  • MLF (riMLF)  • lemnisci (Medial, Lateral) cranial nuclei: GSA (V: Mesencephalic) - GSE (III: Oculomotor, IV: Trochlear) - GVE (III: Edinger-Westphal) Interstitial cell of Cajal Superior cerebellar peduncles (Decussation of superior cerebellar peduncle) Peduncle base Substantia nigra (Pars compacta, Pars reticulata) Cerebral crus: Corticospinal tract - Corticobulbar tract - Corticopontine tract/Frontopontine fibers/Temporopontine fibers Interpeduncular fossa