Spinotectal tract
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The spinotectal tract (spinomesencephalic tract, spinotectal fasciculus, spino-quadrigeminal system of Mott) arises in the spinothalamic tract and terminates in the inferior and superior colliculi.[1]
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Latin | tractus spinotectalis |
TA98 | A14.1.02.224 A14.1.04.141 |
TA2 | 6107 |
FMA | 73968 |
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It is situated ventral to the lateral spinothalamic tract, but its fibers are more or less intermingled with it.
In the brainstem the fibers run lateral from the inferior olive, ventro-lateral from the superior olive, then ventro-medial from the spinal tract of the trigeminal; the fibers come to lie in the medial portion of the lateral lemniscus.