Rhomboid fossa
Depression in the human brain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The rhomboid fossa is a rhombus-shaped depression that is the anterior part of the fourth ventricle. Its anterior wall, formed by the back of the pons and the medulla oblongata, constitutes the floor of the fourth ventricle.
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Latin | fossa rhomboidea |
NeuroNames | 631 |
TA98 | A14.1.05.702 |
TA2 | 5971 |
FMA | 78486 |
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It is covered by a thin layer of grey matter continuous with that of the spinal cord; superficial to this is a thin lamina of neuroglia which constitutes the ependyma of the ventricle and supports a layer of ciliated epithelium.