In neuroanatomy, a sulcus (Latin: "furrow"; pl.: sulci) is a shallow depression or groove in the cerebral cortex. One or more sulci surround a gyrus (pl...
18 KB (2,021 words) - 18:20, 26 January 2025
In neuroanatomy, the central sulcus (also central fissure, fissure of Rolando, or Rolandic fissure, after Luigi Rolando) is a sulcus, or groove, in the...
17 KB (1,989 words) - 15:07, 21 January 2025
"calcar" meaning "spur". It is very deep, and known as a complete sulcus. The calcarine sulcus begins near the occipital pole in two converging rami. It runs...
6 KB (528 words) - 12:20, 21 October 2024
The lateral sulcus (or lateral fissure, also called Sylvian fissure, after Franciscus Sylvius) is the most prominent sulcus of each cerebral hemisphere...
10 KB (1,037 words) - 14:39, 30 October 2024
In neuroanatomy, the parieto-occipital sulcus (also called the parieto-occipital fissure) is a deep sulcus in the cerebral cortex that marks the boundary...
6 KB (574 words) - 01:01, 30 May 2024
Sulcus (morphology), a groove, crevice or furrow in medicine, botany, and zoology Sulcus (neuroanatomy), a crevice on the surface of the brain Sulcus...
1,010 bytes (178 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
The precentral sulcus is a part of the human brain that lies parallel to, and in front of, the central sulcus. A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves...
3 KB (220 words) - 14:53, 3 April 2024
In neuroanatomy, the marginal sulcus (margin of the cingulate sulcus) is a sulcus (crevice) that may be considered the termination of the cingulate sulcus...
1 KB (112 words) - 14:54, 3 April 2024
roots, and are attached to the bottom of a sulcus named the posterolateral sulcus (or dorsolateral sulcus). Human caudal brainstem posterior view description...
2 KB (58 words) - 23:27, 7 December 2024
Pons (redirect from Inferior pontine sulcus)
a midline basilar sulcus along which the basilar artery may or may not course. There is a bulge to either side of the basilar sulcus, created by the pontine...
10 KB (963 words) - 15:22, 30 August 2024
a sulcus is a fold, groove, or boundary, especially at the edges of sclerites or between segments. In pollen, a grain that is grooved by a sulcus is...
6 KB (677 words) - 15:46, 23 January 2024
Gyrus (redirect from Gyri (neuroanatomy))
In neuroanatomy, a gyrus (pl.: gyri) is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci (depressions or furrows; sg.: sulcus)...
8 KB (845 words) - 17:38, 26 April 2024
In neuroanatomy, the subparietal sulcus (Sulcus subparietalis) or suprasplenial sulcus is a sulcus, or crevice, on the medial surface of each cerebral...
2 KB (157 words) - 14:54, 3 April 2024
The posterior median sulcus of medulla oblongata (or posterior median fissure or dorsal median sulcus) is a narrow groove; and exists only in the closed...
2 KB (89 words) - 17:36, 27 November 2018
The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is the sulcus separating the superior temporal gyrus from the middle temporal gyrus, in the temporal lobe of the mammalian...
30 KB (3,783 words) - 08:20, 20 April 2025
example the precentral gyrus. A sulcus is an inward fold, or valley in the brain's surface - for example the central sulcus. Additional terms used to describe...
14 KB (1,610 words) - 14:35, 12 December 2024
this is because the paracentral sulcus (branch of the cingulate sulcus) does not correspond to the precentral sulcus on the medial plane. The posterior...
4 KB (416 words) - 21:07, 6 November 2024
The cingulate sulcus is a sulcus (brain fold) on the cingulate cortex in the medial wall of the cerebral cortex. The frontal and parietal lobes are separated...
2 KB (139 words) - 07:44, 7 November 2024
sulcus limitans extends the length of the spinal cord and through the mesencephalon. "Neuroembryology: Spinal Cord: Development (1/2)". Neuroanatomy Lab...
896 bytes (61 words) - 12:36, 26 May 2021
intraparietal sulcus has also been associated with the learning of sequences of finger movements. The dorsal attention network includes the intraparietal sulcus of...
14 KB (1,456 words) - 03:17, 25 November 2024
The postcentral sulcus of the parietal lobe lies parallel to, and behind, the central sulcus in the human brain. (A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves...
2 KB (113 words) - 17:31, 27 November 2018
Glans penis (redirect from Coronal sulcus)
glandis, overhanging a deep retroglandular groove known as the coronal sulcus. Behind the corona is the neck of the penis, which separates the glans and...
45 KB (4,742 words) - 06:19, 23 April 2025
The hypothalamic sulcus (sulcus of Monro) is a groove in the lateral wall of the third ventricle, marking the boundary between the thalamus and hypothalamus...
1 KB (106 words) - 23:26, 7 December 2024
The basilar sulcus (groove for basilar artery) is a groove in the pons, part of the brainstem. The basilar sulcus is vertical directed and lies in the...
1 KB (121 words) - 15:49, 22 January 2024
cerebellum and is situated posterior to the Parieto-occipital sulcus, or parieto-occipital sulcus. This lobe is known as the centre of the visual perception...
26 KB (3,434 words) - 01:01, 16 December 2023
differing grey matter structures depending on handedness. The inferior frontal sulcus, which contains Broca's area, was found to be more continuous in the hemisphere...
16 KB (1,936 words) - 19:32, 18 March 2025
between tissues called the central sulcus and from the temporal lobe by a deeper groove called the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure). The most anterior...
22 KB (2,702 words) - 18:23, 19 February 2025
Substantia ferruginea (category Neuroanatomy stubs)
floor of the superior part of the sulcus limitans. It was coined in 1838 and 1851. [citation needed] Rhomboid fossa Sulcus limitans Locus ceruleus Fourth...
1 KB (74 words) - 06:51, 28 February 2022
Corpus callosum (redirect from Callosal sulcus)
corpus callosum lies between the splenium and the genu. The callosal sulcus is a sulcus that separates the corpus callosum from the cingulate gyrus. On either...
32 KB (3,648 words) - 12:02, 6 February 2025
Olfactory tract (redirect from Olfactory sulcus)
humans). The olfactory peduncle and olfactory bulb lie in the olfactory sulcus a sulcus formed by the medial orbital gyrus on the inferior surface of each...
7 KB (751 words) - 08:28, 16 January 2025