FISSURE OF SYLVIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fissure of Sylvius mean? 

• FISSURE OF SYLVIUS (noun)
  The noun FISSURE OF SYLVIUS has 1 sense:

1. the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres

  Familiarity information: FISSURE OF SYLVIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISSURE OF SYLVIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fissure of Sylvius; lateral cerebral sulcus; sulcus lateralis cerebri; Sylvian fissure

Hypernyms ("fissure of Sylvius" is a kind of...):

sulcus ((anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain)

Holonyms ("fissure of Sylvius" is a part of...):

cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)

 Context examples 

The fissure of Sylvius, also known as the lateral cerebral sulcus, separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe.

(Fissure of Sylvius, NCI Thesaurus)

A gyrus on the outer surface of the left frontal lobe of the cerebrum located between the inferior frontal sulcus and the fissure of Sylvius that is involved in response inhibition.

(Left Inferior Frontal Convolution, NCI Thesaurus)

A gyrus or ridge in the parietal lobe surrounded by the ascending and horizontal sections of the intra-parietal sulcus, the horizontal section of the fissure of Sylvius and the edge of the posterior parietal lobe.

(Inferior Parietal Convolution, NCI Thesaurus)

The largest terminal branch of the internal carotid artery that runs along the fissure of Sylvius with branches supplying parts of the fontal, parietal and temporal lobes as well as the basal ganglia and internal capsule.

(Middle Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)