inferior part of rhomboid fossa

inferior part of rhomboid fossa
the triangular caudal portion of the rhomboid fossa, extending downward from the rostral part of the taeniae with its apex (the calamus scriptorius) being continuous with the wall of the central canal of the medulla oblongata.

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