[TA] prominent portion of the medial eminence, just rostral to the medullary striae in the rhomboidal fossa; it is formed by the internal genu of the facial nerve and the abducens nucleus around which the facial fibers curve. SYN: colliculus facialis [TA], abducens eminence, eminentia abducentis, eminentia facialis, facial eminence, facial hillock.
