Medial longitudinal stria

Stria longitudinalis medialis

  • Latin eponym: Striae lancisi
  • Eponym: Nerves of Lancisi

Definition

Indisium griseum contains two longitudinally directed strands of fibers termed respectively the medial and lateral longitudinal striæ.

References

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).