sulcus

One of the grooves on the surface of the brain (or other organ), bounding the convolutions, prominences or gyri. Also see fissure.

Related

fissure (cleft) gyrus

Specific

calcarine fissure (sulcus) carotid groove; cavernous groove; carotid sulcus; cavernous sulcus central sulcus of Rolando cingulate sulcus collateral sulcus hippocampal sulcus horizontal cerebellar sulcus (fissure) intertubercular sulcus/groove; bicipital groove intraparietal sulcus of Turner lacrimal groove/sulcus lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure) longitudinal cerebral fissure marginal sulcus medial bicipital groove median (sulcus/raphe/groove) of tongue occipital groove; sulcus of occipital artery olfactory sulcus/groove parieto-occipital sulcus (fissure) postcentral sulcus precentral sulcus primary cerebellar sulcus (fissure) sagittal sulcus (groove for superior sagittal/longitudinal sinus) subparietal sulcus sulcus limitans sulcus terminalis (terminal sulcus) superior frontal sulcus superior temporal sulcus transverse temporal sulcus

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999