Neuroanatomy Draw It To Know It

14. Vestibular and Auditory Systems 243

UPPER MEDULLA/PONTOMEDULLARY

JUNCTION - AXIAL VIEW

SOCs

Inferior colliculi

Dorsal

cochlear nucleus

Ventral

cochlear nucleus

Ventral acoustic stria

(also trapezoid body)

Lateral lemniscus

Dorsal

acoustic stria

Transverse temporal

gyri (Heschl’s gyri)

Medial geniculate

nucleus (metathalamus)

Ventral

cochlear nucleus

Dorsal cochlear

nucleus

Restiform

body

Anterior

Posterior

Lateral Medial

Intermediate

acoustic stria

SOCs - Superior olivary complexes

Dorsal

acoustic stria

Intermediate

acoustic stria

Ventral acoustic stria

(also trapezoid body)

CENTRAL AUDITORY PATHWAYS

CORONAL VIEW

Brachium of inferior colliculus

DRAWING 14-4 Central Auditory Pathways