Antero-lateral sulcus

Brain: Antero-lateral sulcus
Latin	sulcus anterolateralis medullae spinalis
Gray's	subject #187 768
NeuroNames	hier-707
Dorlands/Elsevier	s_28/12768206

Certain of the cranial nerves pass through the substance of the medulla oblongata, and are attached to its surface in series with the roots of the spinal nerves; thus, the fibers of the hypoglossal nerve represent the upward continuation of the anterior nerve roots, and emerge in linear series from a furrow termed the antero-lateral sulcus (or ventrolateral sulcus).

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