The Pons
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The Pons
a prominent bulge superior to the medulla oblongata; consists of sensory and motor nuclei for NV, NVI, NVII, and NVIII, nuclei involved with involuntary control of respiration, nuclei that process and relay cerebellar signals, and ascending, descending, and transverse tracts
What are the functions of NV, NVI, NVII, and NVIII
innervate jaw muscles, the anterior surface of the face, one of the extra-ocular muscles (the lateral rectus), and organs of hearing and equilibrium in the internal ear
Apneustic center and the pneumotaxic center
regulate the activity of the respiratory rhythmicity center in the medulla oblongata
Transvers fibers
connects the middle cerebellar peduncles
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