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sulcus of brain

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A depression or fissure in the surface of the brain. It surrounds the gyri, creating the characteristic appearance of the brain in humans and other large mammals. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/315 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulcus_(neuroanatomy) ]

Synonyms: cerebral sulci

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cumbo

plural term
sulci & spaces [ HBA:9352 ]

plural term
cerebral sulci [ DHBA:10610 ]

RO 0002174

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_10088

UBPROP 0000001

Indentation on the surface of the brain or spinal cord that forms a recognizable landmark, e.g., central sulcus, sulcus limitans (CUMBO)

editor note

sulci are considered absent from lissencephalic mammals such as mice, but they may possess fissures. For example, the Allen mouse brain Atlas includes hippocampal, rhinal and choroid fissure. For this reason we do not place a taxon constraint on this class

has related synonym

cerebral sulcus, cerebral sulci

has broad synonym

sulcus, sulci & spaces

has narrow synonym

fissure of brain

id

UBERON:0013118

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