HyperDic: parieto-occipital_sulcus

English > 1 sense of the expression parieto-occipital sulcus:
NOUNbodyparieto-occipital sulcus, parieto-occipital fissurea sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres
English > parieto-occipital sulcus: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres.
Synonymparieto-occipital fissure
Broadersulcus(anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain

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