See Also: spinal trigeminal nucleus(medicine)
trigeminal nucleus, spinal(medicine)
spinal tract of trigeminal nerve(medicine)
trigeminal caudal nucleus(medicine)
mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve(medicine)
motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve(medicine)
principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve(medicine)
spinal nucleus of the trigeminus(medicine)
trigeminal(dictionary)
Trigeminal(medicine)

fluffy (iou) and spinal trigeminal nucleus (medicine)


fluffy (iou)



fluffy adjective. E19.
[from FLUFF noun1 + -Y1.]
Consisting of or resembling fluff; soft, downy. E19.
Covered with fluff, down, fur, or the like. M19.
Vague, indecisive, uncertain; feather-brained; spec. (Theatrical) unsure of one's lines. colloq. L19.
C. Shields Only deeply fluffy people have romances.
fluffily adverb E20.
fluffiness noun M19.

spinal trigeminal nucleus (medicine)


spinal trigeminal nucleus


The long sensory nucleus extending from the caudal border of the pontine sensory nucleus of the trigeminus down through the lateral region of the rhombencephalon into the upper three segments of the spinal cord's dorsal horn; it receives the fibres of the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve which descend along its lateral border as the spinal tract of trigeminal nerve.

Synonym: nucleus tractus spinalis nervi trigemini, descending nucleus of the trigeminus, spinal nucleus of the trigeminus.