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| Brain: Anterolateral sulcus | ||
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| Anterolateral sulcus is visible at #8. | ||
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| Anteroinferior view of the medulla oblongata and pons. (Anterolateral sulcus visible but not labeled.) | ||
| Latin | sulcus anterolateralis medullae oblongatae | |
| NeuroNames | hier-707 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_28/12768196 | |
The anterolateral sulcus (or ventrolateral sulcus) is a sulcus on the side of the medulla oblongata. The rootlets of cranial nerve XII (the hypoglossal nerve) emerge from this sulcus.
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