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Dorsal aspect of medulla oblongata and mesencephalon, showing the floor of the fourth ventricle (rhomboid fossa)

Dorsal aspect of medulla oblongata and mesencephalon, showing the floor of the fourth ventricle (rhomboid fossa) — Brain and spinal cord
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After Morris's Human Anatomy; modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Dorsal aspect of medulla oblongata and mesencephalon, showing the floor of the fourth ventricle (rhomboid fossa). Posterior view of the brain.

Region
brain
Structure
brainstem
View
posterior
System
brainstem, cerebellum, ventricles, white matter, cranial nerves
Focus
posterior brainstem, fourth ventricle floor, dorsal midbrain, cerebellar peduncles

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Stria medullaris of thalamus
  • Habenular commissure
  • Trigonum habenulæ
  • Epiphysis
  • Medial genicu- late body
  • Lateral genicu- late body
  • Brachium of inferior quadrigeminate body
  • Cerebral peduncle
  • Anterior medullary velum
  • Brachium conjunctivum
  • Brachium of pons
  • Restiform body
  • Calamus scriptorius
  • Funiculus gracilis
  • Funiculus cuneatus
  • Lateral funiculus
  • Internal capsule
  • Caudate nucleus
  • Tænia chorioidea
  • Stria terminalis of thalamus
  • Pulvinar of thalamus
  • Quadrigeminate bodies
  • Trochlear nerve
  • Lingula cerebelli
  • Striæ medullares acustici
  • Trigonum of vagus (ala cinerea)
  • Nucleus of fasciculus cuneatus
  • Obex
  • Nucleus of fasciculus gracilis (clava)
  • Posterior median fissure
  • Posterior intermediate sulcus

Source: After Morris's Human Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Morris's Human Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.