- or 'crack'.
Fissures emerge in Earth's crust, on ice
sheets and glaciers, and on volcanoes. A
ground fissure, also
called an
earth fissure, is a long,...
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horizontal fissure, and an
oblique fissure. The left lung is
divided into two
lobes by an
oblique fissure which is
closely aligned with the
oblique fissure in...
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Transverse fissure can
refer to:
Porta hepatis or
transverse fissure of
liver Horizontal fissure of
right lung (or 'horizontal
fissure')
Horizontal fissure of...
- The
longitudinal fissure (or
cerebral fissure,
great longitudinal fissure,
median longitudinal fissure,
interhemispheric fissure) is the deep
groove that...
- The
palpebral fissure is the
elliptic space between the
medial and
lateral canthi of the two open eyelids. In
simple terms, it is the
opening between...
- A
fissure vent, also
known as a
volcanic fissure,
eruption fissure or
simply a
fissure, is a
linear volcanic vent
through which lava erupts,
usually without...
- The
collateral fissure (or sulcus) is on the
tentorial surface of the
hemisphere and
extends from near the
occipital pole to
within a
short distance of...
- The
petrotympanic fissure (also
known as the
squamotympanic fissure or the
glaserian fissure) is a
fissure in the
temporal bone that runs from the temporomandibular...
- An anal
fissure is a
break or tear in the skin of the anal canal. Anal
fissures may be
noticed by
bright red anal
bleeding on
toilet paper and undergarments...
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pterygomaxillary fissure is a
fissure of the
human skull. It is vertical, and
descends at
right angles from the
medial end of the
inferior orbital fissure. It is...
