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Sulcus

noun
(pl. sulci)
1.
(anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain.



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sulcus centralis
sulcus lateralis cerebri
calcarine sulcus
central sulcus
lateral cerebral sulcus
parieto-occipital sulcus


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"Sulcus" Quotes from Famous Books



... and presents its customary cavity—the posterior cornu—it commonly happens that a particular sulcus appears upon the inner and under surface of the lobe, parallel with and beneath the floor of the cornu—which is, as it were, arched over the roof of the sulcus. It is as if the groove had been formed by indenting the floor of the posterior ...
— Lectures and Essays • T.H. Huxley


Words linked to "Sulcus" :   fissure, fissure of Rolando, general anatomy, fissure of Sylvius, parieto-occipital fissure, calcarine fissure, Rolando's fissure, anatomy, Sylvian fissure


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