calcarine sulcus
1calcarine sulcus — n a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum called also calcarine fissure * * * sulcus calcarinus [TA] a sulcus on the medial surface of the occipital lobe, separating the cuneus from the lingual gyrus; called also… …
2calcarine 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 …
3Calcarine 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… …
4Sulcus (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 …
5calcarine 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 …
6calcarine fissure — sulcus calcarinus …
7Sulcus — 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… …
8collateral 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… …
9parieto-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,… …
10Parieto-occipital sulcus — Brain: Parieto occipital sulcus Fig. 726: Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side …
