dictionary help| facial eminence --> facial colliculus | medical dictionary |
Prominent portion of the medial eminence, just rostral to the medullary striae in the rhomboidal fossa; it is formed by the internal genu of the facial nerve and the abducens nucleus around which the facial fibres curve.
Synonyms: colliculus facialis, abducens eminence, eminentia abducentis, eminentia facialis, facial eminence, facial hillock.
(05 Mar 2000)
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