Sulcus limitans

This article is about the structure in the fourth ventricle. For the structure in the developing nervous system, see Sulcus limitans (neural tube).

The sulcus limitans is a groove on either side of the midline in the rhomboid fossa.^[1] It separates the cranial nerve motor nuclei (located medial), and the sensory nuclei (located lateral).^[2][1] It is parallel to the median sulcus.^{[citation needed]}

Sulcus limitans
Rhomboid fossa (sulcus limitans not labeled, but region is visible.)
Human caudal brainstem posterior view (The sulcus limitans separates #2 from #4.)
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Latin	sulcus limitans fossae rhomboideae
NeuroNames	629
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]