brachium Meaning & Definition

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  • Many fibers are in the brachium of the superior colliculus, while others course toward and in the inferior pulvinar.

  • In addition, small caliber axons with boutons of small size were also observed along the lateral border of the brachium of the inferior colliculus.

  • The few labelled retinal fibers that were encountered in the brachium of the inferior colliculus probably do not make synaptic contacts therein.

  • Axons from the inferior colliculus constitute the brachium of the inferior colliculus and end in the medial geniculate.

  • The brachium of inferior colliculus (or inferior brachium) carries auditory afferent fibers from the inferior colliculus of the mesencephalon to the medial geniculate nucleus.

  • As indicated by its name, it is located at the junction between the pons and the cerebral peduncle, lateral to the decussation of the brachium conjunctivum.

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