Brain: Medial longitudinal fissure | ||
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Great longitudinal fissure visible running left to right. | ||
longitudinal fissure shown in red (animation) | ||
Latin | fissura longitudinalis cerebri, fissura cerebri longitudinalis | |
Gray's | subject #189 818 | |
NeuroNames | hier-16 | |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_4041 |
The great longitudinal fissure (or longitudinal cerebral fissure, or longitudinal fissure, or interhemispheric fissure) is the deep groove which separates the two hemispheres of the vertebrate brain.
The falx cerebri, a dural brain covering, lies within the medial longitudinal fissure.
The corpus callosum crosses the medial longitudinal fissure.
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