Sensation from the Face: Neuroanatomy Video Lab - Brain Dissections

Sensation from the face travels in one of two pathways both of which eventually converge to form the trigeminothalamic tract that reaches the thalamus. The tract that carries pain and temperature is confusing because it first descends before crossing while the equivalent of Dorsal Column-Medical Lemniscus Pathway carrying vibration, joint position, and fine 2-point discrimination synapses and crosses immediately. The video demonstrates both pathways grossly and with diagrams to its cortical termination.

This is 14 of a series of 26 videos to be viewed in the suggested order or intermixed with other curricular materials. The entire series can be accessed here:
https://neurologicexam.med.utah.edu/a...

The videos may be downloaded in various formats by going here:
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Password Request form for downloadable Neuroanatomy Brain Dissection videos here: https://library.med.utah.edu/neuro-exam/

Pathway Animation
Valerie Craigle, Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah

Cutaneous Innervation of the Head
David A. Morton, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, University of Utah

Overlays
Derek Cowan, Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah

Specimens
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Utah

Produced by
Derek Cowan & Suzanne Stansaas, PhD

Copyright 2015, Suzanne Stansaas, PhD, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah