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Fig. 17 At the level of the VIII roots. 6.f.V/IIJ, fine fibers of VIII nerve 
going backward after bifurcation; b.v., blood vessel; c.f.VIIJ, coarse fibers of VIII 
root going forward; C.l.1., crista lobi lineae lateralis; f.a.7.,fibrae arcuatae internae; 
f.f.VIII, fine fibers of VIII root at the level of their entrance approaching the 
gray matter of the lobus lineae lateralis anterioris; f.l.p., fasciculus longitudinalis 
posterior; Lat.ant., fibers of nervus lateralis anterior ending in the medulla of 
lobus lineae lateralis; Lat.post., fibers of nervus lateralis posterior piercing the 
tractus spino-cerebellaris; /.c., double layer of large cells on the granular layer 
of the lobus lineae lateralis; /.c.VJI/, large cells belonging to the gray matter of 
VIII nerve; m.l.l., medulla of lobus lineae lateralis; N././., nucleus lineae lateralis; 
s.V, spinal V tract; 7’r.s.c., tractus spino-cerebellaris; VIZ m.d., descending part 
of motor VII root; VIZ m.n., motor VII nucleus; V/J s., sensory VII root. 
