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Monro's sulcus (medicine)


Monro's sulcus -->
hypothalamic sulcus


A groove in the lateral wall of the third ventricle on either side leading from the interventricular foramen to the aditus ad aqueductum cerebri; the sulcus-demarcated boundary between dorsal thalamus and hypothalamus.

Synonym: sulcus hypothalamicus, Monro's sulcus.