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| Brain: Principal sensory nucleus | ||
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| The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view. Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Trigeminal nerve nuclei are at "V".) | ||
| Latin | nucleus principalis nervi trigemini | |
| Gray's | subject #187 787 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-552 | |
| MeSH | Trigeminal+nuclei | |
The principal sensory nucleus (or chief sensory nucleus) receives information about discriminative sensation and light touch of the face as well as conscious proprioception of the jaw.
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