SulcusWordNet Explorer

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes

the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres

a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres

a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum