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SULCUS CENTRALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
Synonyms:
central sulcus; fissure of Rolando; Rolando's fissure; sulcus centralis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sulcus centralis" 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 ("sulcus centralis" is a part of...):
cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)
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