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Fissures and Sulci

Published on 9 August 2026Version 1

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Abstract

See also: Fissures Sulci Calcarine Fissure Central Sulcus Fissure Collateral Fissure Cingulate Sulcus Parietal Occipital Fissure Inferior Frontal Sulcus Rolando Fissure Intraparietal Sulcus Sylvian Fissure Middle Frontal Sulcus Middle Temporal Sulcus Olfactory Sulcus Orbital Sulcus Postcentral Sulcus Precentral Sulcus Superior Frontal Sulcus Image 07A Image 07B Image 07C Image 07D Image 07E Image 07F

Anatomical classification

Systems:: Nervous system

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Adaptation

Adaptation of «Fissures and Sulci — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/NervousSystem/Text/FissuresAndSulci.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Adaptation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Testo originale inglese riprodotto integralmente e riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti), senza modificarne le affermazioni. La traduzione italiana non è ancora stata eseguita, e la pagina lo dichiara. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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