A sulcus that divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below. It is in both hemispheres of the brain but is longer in the left hemisphere. The lateral sulcus is one of the earliest-developing sulci of the human brain. It first appears around the fourteenth gestational week[WP,modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_sulcus ]
Synonyms: lateral cerebral fissure Sylvian fissure fissura transversa cerebri lateral fissure sulcus lateralis transverse cerebral fissure lateral cerebral sulcus fissura lateralis cerebri (sylvii) Sylvian sulcus fissure of Sylvius lateral fissure of Sylvius fissura lateralis cerebri fissura lateralis sulcus lateralis cerebri
Term information
- UMLS:C0228187 (ncithesaurus:Fissure_of_Sylvius)
- HBA:9402
- BM:Tel-Cx-LS
- SCTID:369226003
- FMA:77801
- DHBA:10621
- DHBA:12110
- BAMS:ls
- Wikipedia:Lateral_sulcus
- neuronames:49 (BIRNLEX:1487)
- BAMS:lf
- NCIT:C32615
- BIRNLEX:1487
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