lateral lemniscus https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Lateral_lemniscus.PNG SCTID:362399003 UMLS:C0152375 HBA:12958 UBERON:0003042 neuronames:609 DMBA:17774 MBA:658 BAMS:II FMA:72502 A fiber bundle that runs through the medulla, pons and midbrain that arises in the cochlear nucleus and projects to various brainstem nuclei and ultimately the contralateral inferior colliculus of the midbrain. The brainstem nuclei include the superior olive, the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body, and the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus. Fibers leaving these brainstem nuclei ascending to the inferior colliculus rejoin the lateral lemniscus. In that sense, this is not a 'lemniscus' in the true sense of the word (second order, decussated sensory axons), as there is third (and out of the lateral superior olive, fourth) order information coming out of some of these brainstem nuclei. Adapted from Wikipedia.org (MM). lemniscus acusticus lemniscus lateralis BM:Pons-LL central acoustic tract lateral lemniscus (Reil) DHBA:12760 BAMS:ll BIRNLEX:976 lateral fillet Wikipedia:Lateral_lemniscus UBERON:0002953 nervous system lemniscus medial lemniscus