The sulcus limitans is a
groove
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on either side of the midline in the
rhomboid fossa.
It separates the
cranial nerve
Cranial nerves are the nerves that emerge directly from the brain (including the brainstem), of which there are conventionally considered twelve pairs. Cranial nerves relay information between the brain and parts of the body, primarily to and f ...
motor nuclei (located medial), and the sensory nuclei (located lateral).
[Nolte, John. The Human Brain 6th ed. p.685. Mosby Inc.] It is parallel to the
median sulcus.
References
External links
Diagram of the sulcus limitansSectional Atlas: Pons at the Abducens Nucleus - Facial Colliculus
Brainstem
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