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central sulcus

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The central sulcus is a fold in the cerebral cortex of brains in vertebrates. Also called the central fissure, it was originally called the fissure of Rolando or the Rolandic fissure, after Luigi Rolando. The central sulcus is a prominent landmark of the brain, separating the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe and the primary motor cortex from the primary somatosensory cortex. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_sulcus ]

Synonyms: sulcus centralis, central sulcus of Rolando, central fissure, central cerebral sulcus, sulcus centralis (rolandi), fissure of Rolando, sulcus of Rolando, sulcus centralis cerebri, rolandic fissure

Term info

database cross reference
  • BM:Tel-Cx-CS
  • BIRNLEX:4035
  • neuronames:48 (BIRNLEX:4035)
  • BAMS:cs
  • NCIT:C32280
  • FMA:83752
  • UMLS:C0228188 (BIRNLEX:4035)
  • Wikipedia:Central_sulcus
  • HBA:9403
  • SCTID:279340001
  • DHBA:10614
  • UMLS:C1281071 (BIRNLEX:4035)
  • UMLS:C0228188 (ncithesaurus:Central_Sulcus_of_Rolando)
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uberon_slim

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Gray726_central_sulcus.svg, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Central_sulcus.png

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UBERON:0002916

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Central sulcus