Vagal trigone

Vagal trigone
Dissection of brain-stem. Dorsal view.
Human caudal brainstem posterior view (trigonum nervi vagi is #7)
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Identifiers
Latin	trigonum nervi vagi
NeuroNames	634
TA98	A14.1.05.709
FMA	78445
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The vagal trigone (ala cinerea) is a triangular eminence upon the rhomboid fossa produced by the underlying dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve.^[1]

The vagal trigone is separated from the area postrema by a narrow strip of thickened ependyma – the funiculus separans.^[2]

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927162218/http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_04be.htm

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