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sulcus calcarinus [TA] a sulcus on the medial surface of the occipital lobe, separating the cuneus from the lingual gyrus; called also calcarine fissure.Medical dictionary. 2011.
calcarine sulcus — noun a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum • Syn: ↑calcarine fissure • Hypernyms: ↑sulcus • Part Holonyms: ↑occipital lobe, ↑occipital cortex … Useful english dictionary
Calcarine fissure — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = sulcus calcarinus, fissura calcarina GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 820 Caption = Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. ( Calcarine fissure visible at left.) Caption2 = Coronal section through posterior… … Wikipedia
Sulcus (neuroanatomy) — In neuroanatomy, a sulcus (Latin: furrow , pl. sulci ) is a depression or fissure in the surface of the brain. It surrounds the gyri, creating the characteristic appearance of the brain in humans and other large mammals.Large furrows (sulci) that … Wikipedia
calcarine fissure — noun a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum • Syn: ↑calcarine sulcus • Hypernyms: ↑sulcus • Part Holonyms: ↑occipital lobe, ↑occipital cortex * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
calcarine fissure — sulcus calcarinus … 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
collateral sulcus — n a sulcus of the tentorial surface of the cerebrum lying below and external to the calcarine sulcus and causing an elevation on the floor of the lateral ventricle between the hippocampi called also collateral fissure * * * sulcus collateralis… … Medical dictionary
parieto-occipital sulcus — n a fissure near the posterior end of each cerebral hemisphere separating the parietal and occipital lobes called also parieto occipital fissure * * * sulcus parietooccipitalis [TA] a sulcus in the medial surface of each cerebral hemisphere,… … Medical dictionary
Parieto-occipital sulcus — Brain: Parieto occipital sulcus Fig. 726: Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side … Wikipedia
Cingulate sulcus — Brain: Cingulate sulcus Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. MRI showing the cingulate … Wikipedia
