Facial colliculus

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Facial colliculus
Rhomboid fossa. (Colliculus facialis labeled at center left.)
Human caudal brainstem posterior view (Colliculus facialis is #3)
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Identifiers
Latin	colliculus facialis
NeuroNames	624
TA98	A14.1.05.705
FMA	78480
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The facial colliculus is an elevated area located on the pontine tegmentum (dorsal pons) in the floor of the fourth ventricle. It is formed by fibers from the facial motor nucleus of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) as they loop over the abducens nucleus. Thus a lesion to the facial colliculus would result in ipsilateral facial paralysis and ipsilateral unopposed eye medial deviation.^{[citation needed][clarification needed]}

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  Axial section of the Brainstem (Pons) at the level of the Facial Colliculus

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  Fourth ventricle. Posterior view.Deep dissection.

External links[]

• http://www.med.yale.edu/caim/cnerves/cn6/cn6_2.html
• https://www.webcitation.org/6I1Ku1Ov1?url=http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/14CNVII.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927162218/http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_04be.htm

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