| Brain: Facial colliculus | ||
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| Rhomboid fossa. (Colliculus facialis labeled at center left.) | ||
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| Human caudal brainstem posterior view (Colliculus facialis is #3) | ||
| Latin | colliculus facialis | |
| Gray's | subject #187 799 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-621 | |
The facial colliculus is an elevated area located on the dorsal pons. It is formed by motor fibres of the facial nerve as they loop over the abducens nucleus. Thus a lesion to the facial colliculus would result in facial muscle paralysis.
Additional images
 Axial section of the Brainstem (Pons) at the level of the Facial Colliculus |
External links
- http://www.med.yale.edu/caim/cnerves/cn6/cn6_2.html
- http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/virtualbrain/BrainStem/14CNVII.html
- http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_04be.htm
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