Relier Pairs Major structures & landmarks in the nervous systemVersion en ligne emphasis of function in sensory and motor systems par Taylor Hill 1 cerebral aqueduct 2 red nucleus 3 reticular formation 4 inferior olivary complex 5 midbrain 6 dorsal column nuclei 7 vestibular nuclei 8 inferior colliculi 9 pyramids 10 cerebral peduncles 11 superior colliculi 12 medulla 13 vestibular nuclei 14 brainstem 15 cerebellar peduncles 16 pons 17 pontine nuclei involved in regulating posture and coordinating eye and head movements involved in directing visual attention and controlling eye movements consists of pontine nuclei, cerebellar peduncles, vestibular nuclei, reticular formation major link in the auditory system involved in cerebellum circuitry and in control of limb movements, especially shaping the hand during reaching two rounded masses on the ventral surface of the medulla containing motor fibers two large cylindrical masses on ventral surface of midbrain containing descending motor fibers from the cortex consists of cerebral peduncles, red nucleus, cerebral aqueduct, superior & inferior colliculi consists of midbrain, pons, medulla site of origin of a descending pain-control pathway three paired fiber bundles connecting the cerebellum and brainstem via cerebellar afferents and efferents contains pyramids, inferior olivary complex, dorsal column nuclei, vestibular nuclei, reticular formation nuclei in the basal pons that receive inputs from the cerebral cortex and project to contralateral cerebellum regulating posture and coordinating eye and head movements complex network of nuclei involved in integrative functions: control of complex movements, transmission of pain info, vital functions, consciousness "climbing fibers" to cerebellum that are involved in motor learning nuclei for really of proprioceptive and discriminative touch for dorsal column-medial lemniscus system