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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:lemonchiffon">Basilar part of pons</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png/250px-Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png/375px-Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png/500px-Pons_section_at_facial_colliculus.png 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="715" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Brainstem (basilar part of pons not labeled, but is visible at bottom)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Pars basilaris pontis, basis pontis</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/NeuroNames" title="NeuroNames">NeuroNames</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=616">616</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/NeuroLex" title="NeuroLex">NeuroLex</a> ID</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_1043">birnlex_1043</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/14.1.05.101%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A14.1.05.101</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=5925">5925</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma72244">72244</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_neuroanatomy" title="Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy">Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4867297" class="extiw" title="d:Q4867297">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>basilar part of pons</b>, also known as <b>basis pontis</b>, or <b>basilar pons</b>, is the ventral part of the <a href="/wiki/Pons" title="Pons">pons</a> (<b>ventral pons</b>) in the <a href="/wiki/Brainstem" title="Brainstem">brainstem</a>; the dorsal part (dorsal pons) is known as the <a href="/wiki/Pontine_tegmentum" title="Pontine tegmentum">pontine tegmentum</a>. </p><p>The basilar part of the pons makes up two thirds of the pons.<sup id="cite_ref-Johns-2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johns-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has a ridged appearance with a shallow <a href="/wiki/Sulcus_(neuroanatomy)" title="Sulcus (neuroanatomy)">groove</a> at the midline. This groove is the <a href="/wiki/Basilar_sulcus" title="Basilar sulcus">basilar sulcus</a> and is covered by the <a href="/wiki/Basilar_artery" title="Basilar artery">basilar artery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Michael-Titus-2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael-Titus-2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basilar artery feeds into the <a href="/wiki/Circle_of_Willis" title="Circle of Willis">circle of Willis</a> providing blood supply to the brainstem and <a href="/wiki/Cerebellum" title="Cerebellum">cerebellum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ridged appearance is due to the fibers that come out of the pons to enter the cerebellum.<sup id="cite_ref-Michael-Titus-2010_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michael-Titus-2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basilar pons contains fibers from the <a href="/wiki/Corticospinal_tract" title="Corticospinal tract">corticospinal tract</a> (a descending pathway for neurons to reach other structures in the body), <a href="/wiki/Pontine_nuclei" title="Pontine nuclei">pontine nuclei</a>, and transverse pontine fibers.<sup id="cite_ref-Johns-2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johns-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The corticospinal tract carries fibres from the <a href="/wiki/Primary_motor_cortex" title="Primary motor cortex">primary motor cortex</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Spinal_cord" title="Spinal cord">spinal cord</a>, aiding in voluntary motor movement of the body. In addition to passing through the ventral pons, corticospinal tract fibers go through other structures of the brainstem, including the <a href="/wiki/Internal_capsule" title="Internal capsule">internal capsule</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Crus_cerebri" class="mw-redirect" title="Crus cerebri">crus cerebri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Integral to the basilar pons are the <a href="/wiki/Pontine_nuclei" title="Pontine nuclei">pontine nuclei</a>. The pontine nuclei are responsible for projecting fibers that go to the opposite cerebellar hemisphere through the <a href="/wiki/Middle_cerebellar_peduncle" title="Middle cerebellar peduncle">middle cerebellar peduncle</a>, changing the fibers into transverse pontine fibers. <sup id="cite_ref-Johns-2014_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Johns-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fibers of the pontine nuclei are all important to motor function, including fiber bundles such as the corticospinal fibers and corticopontine-pontocerebellar system.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, the basilar part of the pons contains all the <b>corticofugal fibers</b>, which include the <a href="/wiki/Corticospinal_tract" title="Corticospinal tract">corticospinal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corticobulbar_tract" title="Corticobulbar tract">corticobulbar </a> (or corticonuclear), and <a href="/wiki/Corticopontine_tract" class="mw-redirect" title="Corticopontine tract">corticopontine fibers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The basal pontine nuclei provides most of the cortical information to the cerebellum received from the corticopontine fibers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basilar_part_of_pons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tissue death (infarction), in this region can impair motor functioning.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid15128614_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid15128614-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Lacunar_stroke" title="Lacunar stroke">lacunar stroke</a> of the base of the pons is known to cause contralateral <a href="/wiki/Lacunar_stroke#Signs_and_symptoms" title="Lacunar stroke">dysarthria-clumsy hand syndrome</a>. </p><p>The basilar pons undergoes <a href="/wiki/Demyelination" class="mw-redirect" title="Demyelination">demyelination</a> in the condition known as <a href="/wiki/Central_pontine_myelinolysis" title="Central pontine myelinolysis">central pontine myelinolysis</a>. 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