- Transverse fissure
Transverse fissure can refer to:
*Transverse fissure of liver (or 'porta')
*Horizontal fissure of right lung (or 'horizontal fissure')
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Transverse fissure
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transverse fissure — n PORTA HEPATIS * * * porta hepatis … Medical dictionary
Transverse fissure of liver — Infobox Anatomy Name = Transverse fissure of liver Latin = porta hepatis GraySubject = 250 GrayPage = 1191 Caption = Inferior surface of the liver. Caption2 = The portal vein and its tributaries. (Porta hepatis labeled at upper right.) System =… … Wikipedia
transverse fissure — noun 1. : the cleft below the hemispheres of the brain through which the pia mater extends to form the choroid plexuses 2. : a cleft of the liver 3. : a fracture that starts at a crystalline center inside a railhead and spreads outward … Useful english dictionary
transverse fissure of cerebrum — fissura transversa cerebri … Medical dictionary
Fissure — In anatomy, fissure (Latin fissura , Plural fissurae ) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, cleft, or tear in various parts of the body.AnatomyVarious types of anatomical fissure are:Brain* Fissure of Bichat : found below the corpus… … Wikipedia
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
Horizontal fissure of right lung — Fissure not labeled, but visible at right, between #3 and #4 … Wikipedia
great fissure of cerebrum — great transverse fissure of cerebrum fissura transversa cerebri … Medical dictionary
Medial longitudinal fissure — Brain: Medial longitudinal fissure Great longitudinal fissure visible running left to right. longitudinal fissure shown in red (animation) Latin … Wikipedia
Collateral fissure — Brain: Collateral fissure Coronal section through posterior cornua of lateral ventricle. (Collateral fissure labeled at bottom center.) … Wikipedia
