Frenulum veli

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Brain: Frenulum veli
Hind- and mid-brains; postero-lateral view. (Frenulum veli labeled at center left.)
Latin frenulum veli medullaris superioris
Gray's subject #188 805
NeuroNames ancil-323
Dorlands/Elsevier f_16/12379229

From the inferior end of the longitudinal sulcus, a white band, termed the frenulum veli, is prolonged downward to the anterior medullary velum; on either side of this band the trochlear nerve emerges, and passes forward on the lateral aspect of the cerebral peduncle to reach the base of the brain.

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