Term Name: dorsal trigeminal tract
Synonyms: dorsal secondary ascending tract of v, dorsal secondary tract of v, dorsal trigemino-thalamic tract, dorsal trigmino-thalamic tract, tractus trigeminalis dorsalis, tractus trigemino-thalamicus dorsalis
Definition: The dorsal trigeminal tract (dorsal trigeminothalamic tract, or lemniscus) is a tract which receives signals from Meissner's corpuscles and Pacinian corpuscles. this tract arises from Principal trigeminal nucleus and terminates in the VPM nucleus of the thalamus. [WP,unvetted].
Ontology: Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0002797]

Relationships
is part of: pontine tegmentum
is a type of: tract of brain trigeminothalamic tract
inverse disjoint_from: ventral trigeminal tract