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Posterolateral sulcus of spinal cord

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Posterolateral sulcus of spinal cord
Spinal cord (Dorsolateral sulcus is "s3")
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Identifiers
Latinsulcus posterolateralis medullae spinalis
TA98A14.1.02.011
TA26055
FMA75609
Anatomical terminology

On either side of the posterior median sulcus of the spinal cord, and at a short distance from it, the posterior nerve roots are attached along a vertical furrow named the posterolateral sulcus. The portion of the medulla spinalis which lies between this and the posterior median sulcus is named the posterior funiculus.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 752 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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