Sulcus limitans
The sulcus limitans is found in the fourth ventricle of the brain. It separates the cranial nerve motor nuclei (medial) from the sensory nuclei (lateral).[1] The sulcus limitans can also be located by searching laterally from the medial eminence. It is parallel to the median sulcus.
Sulcus limitans | |
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Rhomboid fossa. (Sulcus limitans not labeled, but region is visible.) | |
Human caudal brainstem posterior view (The sulcus limitans separates #2 from #4.) | |
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Latin | Sulcus limitans fossae rhomboideae |
NeuroNames | 629 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 799 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- Nolte, John. The Human Brain 6th ed. p.685. Mosby Inc.
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