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Sylvian fissure

anatomy
Also known as: fissure of Sylvius, lateral fissure, lateral sulcus, sulcus of Sylvius

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discovery by Sylvius

  • Franciscus Sylvius
    In Franciscus Sylvius

    …(1641) the deep cleft (Sylvian fissure) separating the temporal (lower), frontal, and parietal (top rear) lobes of the brain.

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structure of cerebral hemispheres

  • right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain
    In cerebrum

    …main cerebral fissures are the lateral fissure, or fissure of Sylvius, between the frontal and temporal lobes; the central fissure, or fissure of Rolando, between the frontal and parietal lobes, which separates the chief motor and sensory regions of the brain; the calcarine fissure on the occipital lobe, which contains…

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  • nervous system
    In human nervous system: Lobes of the cerebral cortex

    …parietal lobes, and the deeper lateral sulcus, or fissure of Sylvius, forms the boundary between the temporal lobe and the frontal and parietal lobes.

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