precentral fissure of cerebellum
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fissure of Rolando — fissure of Ro·lan·do rō lan (.)dō, län n CENTRAL SULCUS Rolando Luigi (1773 1831) Italian anatomist and physiologist. Rolando did his early research on the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system in humans and animals, using comparative… … Medical dictionary
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 precentralis cerebelli — [TA] precentral fissure of cerebellum: a fissure in the anterior part of the superior vermis of the cerebellum, separating the lingula from the central lobule. Called also f. postlingualis cerebelli [TA alternative] and postlingual fissure … 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
vena precentralis cerebelli — [TA] precentral vein of cerebellum: a vein arising in the precentral cerebellar fissure and passing anterior and superior to the culmen, terminating in the great cerebral vein … Medical dictionary
Alar central lobule — Infobox Brain Name = Alar central lobule Latin = ala lobuli centralis GraySubject = 187 GrayPage = 789 Caption = Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Ala labeled at center top.) Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = BrainInfoType = hier … Wikipedia
Central lobule — Infobox Brain Name = Central lobule Latin = lobulus centralis GraySubject = 187 GrayPage = 789 Caption = Under surface of the cerebellum. Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = BrainInfoType = hier BrainInfoNumber = 655 MeshName =… … Wikipedia
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… … Medical dictionary
