Landmark · Nervous system & sense organs
Posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata
Sulcus medianus posterior medullae oblongatae
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Right
- Landmark on
- Medulla oblongata
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata (or posterior median fissure or dorsal median sulcus) is a narrow groove; and exists only in the closed part of the medulla oblongata; it becomes gradually shallower from below upward, and finally ends about the middle of the medulla oblongata, where the central canal expands into the cavity of the fourth ventricle.
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Names
- Latin
- Sulcus medianus posterior medullae oblongatae
- English
- Posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata
- French
- Sillon postérieur médian de la moëlle allongée
- Spanish
- Surco medio posterior del bulbo raquídeo
- Portuguese
- Sulco mediano posterior da medula oblonga