Posterolateral sulcus of medulla oblongata

Posterolateral sulcus of medulla oblongata
	File:Gray681.png Hind- and mid-brains; postero-lateral view.
	Section of the medulla oblongata through the lower part of the decussation of the pyramids.; 1. Anterior median fissure.; 2. Posterior median sulcus.; 3. Anterior column (in red), with 3’, anterior root.; 4. Posterior column (in blue), with 4’, posterior roots.; 5. Lateral cerebrospinal fasciculus.; 6. Posterior funiculus.; ; The red arrow, a, a’, indicates the course the lateral cerebrospinal fasciculus takes at the level of the decussation of the pyramids;; the blue arrow, b, b’, indicates the course which the sensory fibers take.
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Latin	sulcus posterolateralis medullae oblongatae
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NeuroNames	hier-703
Dorlands; /Elsevier	s_28/12769607
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The accessory, vagus, and glossopharyngeal nerves correspond with the posterior nerve roots, and are attached to the bottom of a sulcus named the posterolateral sulcus (or dorsolateral sulcus).

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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