HyperDic: calcarine_sulcus

English > 1 sense of the expression calcarine sulcus:
NOUNbodycalcarine sulcus, calcarine fissurea sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum
English > calcarine sulcus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
Synonymcalcarine fissure
Part ofoccipital lobe, occipital cortexThat part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head
Broadersulcus(anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
Catalansolc calcari

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