| Ventral trigeminal tract | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| System | Sensory system |
| From | head, face, and oral cavity via principal (chief sensory) nucleus and spinal trigeminal nucleus |
| To | ventral posteromedial (VPM) nucleus of the thalamus |
| Function | carry sensory information about discriminative and crude touch, conscious proprioception, pain, and temperature from the head, face, and oral cavity |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | tractus trigeminalis ventralis |
| NeuroNames | 613 |
| TA98 | A14.1.05.311 |
| TA2 | 5863 |
| FMA | 72506 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The ventral trigeminal tract, ventral trigeminothalamic tract, anterior trigeminal tract, or anterior trigeminothalamic tract, is a tract composed of second-order neuronal axons. These afferent fibers carry sensory information about discriminative and crude touch, conscious proprioception, pain, and temperature from the head, face, and oral cavity. The ventral trigeminal tract connects the two major components of the brainstem trigeminal complex – the principal, or main sensory nucleus and the spinal trigeminal nucleus, to the ventral posteromedial nucleus of the thalamus.[1]
The ventral trigeminal tract is also called the anterior trigeminal lemniscus.[2]