intraculminate fissure
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Fissure — A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature. It is a deep fold that involves the entire thickness of the brain wall. A fissure in the anus is distinctly abnormal. It is a painful… … Medical dictionary
fissura — 1. SYN: fissure. 2. In neuroanatomy, a particularly deep sulcus of the surface of the brain or spinal cord. [L. fr. findo, to cleave] f. antitragohelicina [TA] a fissure in the auricular cartilage between the … Medical dictionary
culmen — The anterior prominent portion of the monticulus of the vermis of the cerebellum; vermal lobule rostral to the primary fissure; divided into an anterior part [TA] (lobule IV of Larsell) and a … Medical dictionary
fissura intraculminalis — [TA] intraculminate fissure: a transverse cerebellar fissure dividing the culmen into anterior and posterior parts … Medical dictionary
pars anterior culminis — [TA] the anterior part (IV) of the culmen of the cerebellum; it is divided from the posterior part by the intraculminate fissure. Called also p. ventralis culminis ]TA alternative[ and ventral part of culmen … Medical dictionary
pars posterior culminis — [TA] the posterior part (V) of the culmen of the cerebellum; it is divided from the anterior part by the intraculminate fissure. Called also p. dorsalis culminis [TA alternative] and dorsal part of culmen … Medical dictionary
