NOUN | body | parieto-occipital sulcus, parieto-occipital fissure | a sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres |
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Meaning | A sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres. | |
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Synonym | parieto-occipital fissure | |
Broader | sulcus | (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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