English > sulcus: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | (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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| Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
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| Narrower | calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure | A sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum |
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| fissure of Rolando, Rolando's fissure, central sulcus, sulcus centralis | A brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres |
| fissure of Sylvius, Sylvian fissure, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri | The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures |
| 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 |
| Broader | fissure | (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes |
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| Spanish | sulcus, surco |
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| Catalan | solc |
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| Adjectives | sulcate | having deep narrow furrows or grooves |
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