Posterolateral sulcus of medulla oblongata

Posterolateral sulcus of medulla oblongata
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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Identifiers
Latin	sulcus posterolateralis medullae oblongatae
NeuroNames	hier-703
Dorlands /Elsevier	s_28/12769607
TA	A14.1.04.012
FMA	75608
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

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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  Human caudal brainstem posterior view description

References

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