Rhomboid fossa

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Rautengrube

The rhomboid fossa (rhomboid fossa) is the diamond-shaped floor of the 4th ventriclebrainstem.

Anatomy

The rhomboid fossa is bounded laterally by the cerebellar peduncles, the cuneate tubercle, and the gracile tubercle; its floor is formed by the dorsal surfaces of the Pons and Medulla oblongata.

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Cerebellum, Gray's Anatomy, Figure 709
Schematic anatomical figure adapted from Gray's Anatomy, Figure 709.

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