Sulcus (anatomy)

A sulcus (pronounced with a hard c) (pl. sulci) is a depression or fissure in the surface of an organ, especially the brain.

See Sulcus (neuroanatomy)

• Sulcus arteriæ vertebralis
• Sagittal sulcus
• Sigmoid sulcus
• Tympanic sulcus
• Lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis)
• Sulcus tubae auditivae
• Radial sulcus (musculospiral groove)
• Preauricular sulcus
• Malleolar sulcus
• Calcaneal sulcus
• Intermammary sulcus
• Interlabial sulci
• Anterior interventricular sulcus
• Posterior interventricular sulcus
• Urethral sulcus, in the baculum

• Fissure

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