title: Anatomical landmarks of the Rhomboid fossa (floor of the 4th ventricle), its length and its width.
abstract: Described are: 1. Length and width values of the rhomboid fossa. 2. Number and development of the transverse and oblique striae in the bottom area of the fourth ventricle. 3. The course of the facial nerve inside the pons and the medulla oblongata. 4. Some fiber tracts and nuclei in the tegmentum pontis and the medulla oblongata. 5. A very thick arcuato-cerebellar tract. 6. The results of our investigations are compared with descriptions of other researchers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohmachi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012249:Rhombencephalon / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D014321:Trochlear Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000601:surgery