Medial longitudinal fissure
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The great longitudinal fissure (or longitudinal cerebral fissure, or longitudinal fissure, or interhemispheric fissure) is the deep groove which separates the two hemispheres of the vertebrate brain.
The falx cerebri, a dural brain covering, lies within the medial longitudinal fissure.
The corpus callosum crosses the medial longitudinal fissure.
Additional images
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facies dorsalis cerebri gyri
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Human brain - left and right hemispheres - superior-lateral view
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Basal view of a human brain
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