sulcus : Idioms & Phrases

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calcarine sulcus

  • noun a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
    calcarine fissure.
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central sulcus

  • noun a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
    fissure of Rolando; Rolando's fissure; central sulcus.
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lateral cerebral sulcus

  • noun the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
    lateral cerebral sulcus; Sylvian fissure; fissure of Sylvius.
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parieto-occipital sulcus

  • noun a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres
    parieto-occipital fissure.
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sulcus centralis

  • noun a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
    fissure of Rolando; Rolando's fissure; central sulcus.
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sulcus lateralis cerebri

  • noun the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
    lateral cerebral sulcus; Sylvian fissure; fissure of Sylvius.
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