Definition of Sulcus. Meaning of Sulcus. Synonyms of Sulcus

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Definition of Sulcus

Sulcus
Sulcus Sul"cus, n.; pl. Sulci. [L., a furrow.] A furrow; a groove; a fissure.

Meaning of Sulcus from wikipedia

- Look up sulcus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sulcus (Latin for "furrow"; pl. sulci) may refer to: Sulcus primigenius, the sacred furrow created at...
- neuroanatomy, the central sulcus (also central fissure, fissure of Rolando, or Rolandic fissure, after Luigi Rolando) is a sulcus, or groove, in the cerebral...
- paracentral sulcus. Calcarine sulcus Central sulcus Central sulcus of insula Cingulate sulcus Circular sulcus of insula Callosal sulcus Collateral sulcus Fimbrodentate...
- temporal lobe. The insular cortex lies deep within the lateral sulcus. The lateral sulcus divides both the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the...
- "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...
- cardiac vein all travel along parts of the coronary sulcus. In relation to the rib cage, the coronary sulcus spans from the medial side of the 3rd left costal...
- as a groove called the median sulcus. The human tongue is divided into anterior and posterior parts by the terminal sulcus, which is a "V"-shaped groove...
- sulcus is an area of potential space between a tooth and the surrounding gingival tissue and is lined by sulcular epithelium. The depth of the sulcus...
- 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...
- 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...