Fissure — A cleft or groove. A fissure can be normal or abnormal. A fissure in the cerebral cortex is a normal feature. It is a deep fold that involves the entire thickness of the brain wall. A fissure in the anus is distinctly abnormal. It is a painful… … Medical dictionary
Calcarine 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… … Wikipedia
Parieto-occipital sulcus — Brain: Parieto occipital sulcus Fig. 726: Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side … Wikipedia
Sulcus — 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… … Medical dictionary
cuneus — That region of the medial aspect of the occipital lobe of each cerebral hemisphere bounded by the parietooccipital fissure and the calcarine fissure. [L. wedge] * * * … Medical dictionary
Superior parietal lobule — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = lobulus parietalis superior GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 823 Caption = Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Superior parietal lobule is in upper right.) Caption2 = Lateral… … Wikipedia
lobulus parietalis superior — [TA] superior parietal lobule: the posterior part of the upper portion of the parietal lobe of the brain; it lies behind the postcentral sulcus, in front of the parietooccipital fissure, and above the intraparietal sulcus. It comprises… … Medical dictionary
lobus occipitalis — [TA] occipital lobe: the posterior portion of the cerebral hemisphere, on the medial surface extending from the posterior pole to the parietooccipital fissure but on the lateral surface continuous with the parietal lobe superiorly and with the… … Medical dictionary
branch — An offshoot; in anatomy, one of the primary divisions of a nerve or blood vessel. A b.. See ramus, artery, nerve, vein. SYN: ramus (1) [TA]. accessory meningeal b. SYN: pterygomeningeal artery … Medical dictionary
Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
