trigeminal motor nucleus (motor nucleus of CN V)

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Introduction

A group of motor neurons in the upper pontine tegmentum medial to the principal sensory nucleus of CN V.

Innervation

Cell bodies of motor neurons are found within the nucleus including those that innervate:

More general terms

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References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999