We now pass from the medulla to the pons. Note that the ventral part of the brainstem now looks a bit different.. That's because of the appearance of a "bump" on the ventral aspect of the pons, called the "basilar pons". You can see it in the sagittal view at the left. The medial lemniscus ascends through the more dorsal partof the pons in a regenion referred to as the tegementum.

Now that the inferior olive is gone, the medial lemniscus begins to move laterally; as it does so the gracile (= red = lower body)