Posterior perforated substance
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Latin | substantia perforata posterior, substantia perforata interpeduncularis |
NeuroNames | 1580 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The depressed area between the crura is termed the interpeduncular fossa, and consists of a layer of gray matter, the posterior perforated substance, which is pierced by small apertures for the transmission of blood vessels; its lower part lies on the ventral aspect of the medial portions of the tegmenta, and contains a nucleus named the ; its upper part assists in forming the floor of the third ventricle.
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Human brainstem anterior view
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 800 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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- Atlas image: n2a2p1 at the University of Michigan Health System
- "Anatomy diagram: 13048.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.
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