Sulcus

Introduction: Sulcus

Description of Sulcus

Sulcus: (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Sulcus: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sulcus:

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• Sulci
• Surface
• Brain
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Brain disease
• Brain disorder
• Gyri

Terms associated with Sulcus:

More specific terms for Sulcus:

• fissure of Rolando
• Rolando's fissure
• central sulcus
• sulcus centralis
• fissure of Sylvius
• Sylvian fissure
• lateral cerebral sulcus
• sulcus lateralis cerebri
• parieto-occipital sulcus
• parieto-occipital fissure
• calcarine sulcus
• calcarine fissure

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Sulcus

• fissure

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Sulcus

The following list attempts to classify Sulcus into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• fissure
• groove,vallecula
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

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