Fig. 1
From: Facial nerve in skullbase tumors: imaging and clinical relevance
The location of nucleus with the facial nerve: the motor nucleus, the largest nucleus of facial nerve, is situated in the caudal portion of the ventrolateral pontine tegmentum. The superior salivary nucleus is located dorsal to the motor nucleus. The third nucleus, the nucleus solitarius, is located posterolateral to the motor nucleus and upper medulla