Espiral Atlas
Central nervous systemNeuroanatomy

Base of the cerebral peduncle (crus cerebri)

basis pedunculi cerebri

In the anterior (ventral) part of the midbrain. The two peduncles bound the interpeduncular fossa, from which the oculomotor nerve emerges.

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