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fissura transversa cerebri(medicine)
fissura cerebri lateralis(medicine)
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fissura cerebri lateralis (medicine)


fissura cerebri lateralis -->
lateral cerebral sulcus


The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures, extending from the anterior perforated substance first laterally at the deep incisure between the frontal and temporal lobes, then back and slightly upward over the lateral aspect of the cerebral hemisphere, with the superior temporal gyrus as its lower bank, the insula forming its greatly expanded floor. Two short side branches, the ramus anterior and ramus ascendens, divide the inferior frontal gyrus into an orbital part, triangular part, and opercular part.

Synonym: sulcus lateralis cerebri, fissura cerebri lateralis, lateral cerebral fissure, sylvian fissure, fissure of Sylvius.


blackthorn (oh)



a European bush that has small white flowers