The sulcus limitans is a groove on either side of the midline in the rhomboid fossa. It separates the cranial nerve motor nuclei (located medial), and the sensory nuclei (located lateral). It is parallel to the median sulcus.
Structure in the human brain
Sulcus limitans
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