Posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata

The posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata (or posterior median fissure or dorsal median sulcus) is a narrow groove; and exists only in the closed part of the medulla oblongata; it becomes gradually shallower from below upward, and finally ends about the middle of the medulla oblongata, where the central canal expands into the cavity of the fourth ventricle.

Posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata
Section of the medulla oblongata through the lower part of the decussation of the pyramids. Anterior median fissure Posterior median sulcus Anterior column (in red), with 3’, anterior root Posterior column (in blue), with 4’, posterior roots Lateral cerebrospinal fasciculus Posterior funiculus The red arrow, a, a’, indicates the course the lateral cerebrospinal fasciculus takes at the level of the decussation of the pyramids; the blue arrow, b, b’, indicates the course which the sensory fibers take.
Spinal cord (Dorsal-median sulcus is "s1")
Details
Identifiers
Latin	sulcus medianus posterior medullae oblongatae
NeuroNames	708
TA98	A14.1.04.020 A14.1.05.703
TA2	5994
FMA	83795
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Additional images

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  Fourth ventricle. Posterioe view.Deep dissection.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 767 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)