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Rhomboid fossa. (Sulcus limitans not labeled, but region is visible.)
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Human caudal brainstem posterior view (The sulcus limitans separates #2 from #4.)
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Latin | Sulcus limitans fossae rhomboideae |
NeuroNames | hier-626 |
Dorlands /Elsevier |
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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In the floor of the fourth ventricle, the sulcus limitans separates the cranial nerve motor nuclei (medial) from the sensory nuclei (lateral). The sulcus limitans can also be located by searching laterally from the medial eminence. It is parallel to the median sulcus.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)