| Brain: Sulcus limitans |
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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.) |
| Latin |
Sulcus limitans fossae rhomboideae |
| Gray's |
subject #187 799 |
| NeuroNames |
hier-626 |
In the floor of the fourth ventricle, the sulcus limitans separates the cranial nerve motor nuclei (medial) from the sensory nuclei (lateral).[1] In the superior part of the rhomboid fossa, it corresponds with the lateral limit of the fossa and presents a bluish-gray area, the locus ceruleus (which owes its color to an underlying patch of deeply pigmented nerve cells, termed the substantia ferruginea).
References[edit]
- ^ Nolte, John. The Human Brain 6th ed. p.685. Mosby Inc.
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This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
