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DESCENDING FIBERS of the CORTICOPONTINE PATHWAY

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key - 2 - 1 - caudal - SLIDE 12 - rostral - 1 - 2 - key

Within the basilar pons corticopontine fibers terminate on neurons in the pontine nuclei. These neurons , in turn, give rise to axons which cross the midline and enter the middle cerebellar peduncle. These pontocerebellar axons will terminate as mossy fibers within the lateral part of the cerebellum (the cerebrocerebellum).

Unfortunately, our slides cut through the peduncle in an oblique manner, and we never see all of it in a single slide.

Formation of the middle cerebellar peduncle is now almost complete, and this is the last slide of this series.

Click on "key" or "2" to look at rostral . Click on the red ball to return to the text, by way of the call-up view)