Interpeduncular fossa
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| Brain: Interpeduncular fossa | ||
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| Base of brain. | ||
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| Section through superior colliculus showing path of oculomotor nerve. (Interpeduncular fossa not labeled, but visible at bottom center.) | ||
| Latin | fossa interpeduncularis | |
| Gray's | subject #189 816 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-480 | |
The Interpeduncular fossa is a somewhat lozenge-shaped area of the base of the brain, limited in front by the optic chiasma, behind by the antero-superior surface of the pons, antero-laterally by the converging optic tracts, and postero-laterally by the diverging cerebral peduncles.
The structures contained in it, from behind forward, are the posterior perforated substance, corpora mamillaria, tuber cinereum, infundibulum, and hypophysis.
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Human brainstem anterior view
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