If you refer to the ventral side of the slice, the next slides will show the pieces more closely. The link here shows the slide with
labels.
MNTB 20x magnification
MNTB
40x magnification
MNTB
40x part deux
LSO 10x magnification
LSO 20x
magnification
LSO 40x
magnification
Hearing goes from the cochlear nucleus through the decussation of the trapezoid body (DTB), to the MNTB, and then to the LSO. The LSO also gets ipsilateral information from the cochlear nucleus.