Medullary striae of fourth ventricle

Winding around the inferior cerebellar peduncle in the lower part of the fourth ventricle, and crossing the area acustica and the medial eminence are a number of white strands, the medullary striae, which form a portion of the cochlear division of the vestibulocochlear nerve and disappear into the median sulcus.: stria medullaris are axons of arcuate neurons. Courses in the floor of the fourth ventricle. Joins the restiform body to reach the cerebellum.

Medullary striae of fourth ventricle
Rhomboid fossa (striae medullares labeled at center left)
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Latinstriae medullares ventriculi quarti
TA98A14.1.05.318
A14.1.05.707
TA26046
FMA78484
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 800 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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