Obex

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Brain: Obex
Hind-brain of a human embryo of three months—viewed from behind and partly from left side.
Rhomboid fossa.
Gray's subject #187 797
NeuroNames hier-633
Dorlands/Elsevier o_01/12585770
This article is about obex portion of the brain. For the communications protocol "OBEX" (Object Exchange), see OBEX

The obex (from the Latin for barrier) is the point in the human brain at which the fourth ventricle narrows to become the central canal of the spinal cord. The obex occurs in the caudal medulla.

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Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)

MYELENCEPHALON/MEDULLA: arcuate nucleus of medulla, solitary nucleus, hypoglossal nucleus, nucleus ambiguus, olivary body, inferior olivary nucleus, cuneate nucleus, accessory cuneate nucleus, gracile nucleus, inferior salivatory nucleus, raphe nuclei (obscurus, magnus, pallidus), area postrema, posterior nucleus of vagus nerve

METENCEPHALON/CEREBELLUM: cerebellar vermis, flocculus, arbor vitae

METENCEPHALON/PONS: pontine tegmentum, superior salivary nucleus, trapezoid body, pontine nuclei (superior olivary nucleus, trigeminal nerve nuclei, abducens nucleus, facial motor nucleus, cochlear nuclei, vestibular nuclei), locus ceruleus, paramedian pontine reticular formation, nucleus centralis superior

FOURTH VENTRICLE: obex, median aperture