The Anterolateral sulcus of spinal cord is a landmark on the anterior side of the
spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone). The backbone encloses the central canal of the sp ...
. It denotes the location at which the ventral fibers leave the spinal cord.
The anterolateral sulcus is less visible than the
posterolateral sulcus.
See also
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Anterolateral sulcus of medulla
The anterolateral sulcus (or ventrolateral sulcus) is a sulcus on the side of the medulla oblongata between the olive and pyramid. The rootlets of the hypoglossal nerve
The hypoglossal nerve, also known as the twelfth cranial nerve, cranial ...
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Spinal cord
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