Trigeminal motor nucleus

{{Short description|Cluster of neurons in the brainstem}}

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| Name = Trigeminal motor nucleus

| Latin = nucleus motorius nervi trigemini

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| Caption = The cranial nerve nuclei schematically represented; dorsal view (posterior). Motor nuclei in red; sensory in blue. (Trigeminal nerve nuclei are at "V".)

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The trigeminal motor nucleus contains motor neurons that innervate muscles of the first branchial arch, namely the muscles of mastication, the tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, and anterior belly of the digastric.[http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/brstem.html Brainstem Nuclei of the Cranial Nerves at wustl.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070413030711/http://thalamus.wustl.edu/course/brstem.html |date=2007-04-13 }} It is situated in the upper pons, inferior to the lateral part of the floor of the fourth ventricle.{{Cite book |last=Sinnatamby |first=Chummy S. |title=Last's Anatomy |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7295-3752-0 |edition=12th |pages=478}}