Longitudinal fissure
Appearance
Longitudinal fissure | |
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![]() Great longitudinal fissure visible running left to right. | |
![]() longitudinal fissure shown in red (animation) | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | fissura longitudinalis cerebri, fissura cerebri longitudinalis |
NeuroNames | 35 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_4041 |
TA98 | A14.1.09.007 |
TA2 | 5417 |
FMA | 83727 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The great longitudinal fissure (or longitudinal cerebral fissure, or longitudinal fissure, or interhemispheric fissure) is the deep groove that 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.
Additional images
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facies dorsalis cerebri gyri
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Human brain - left and right hemispheres - superior-lateral view
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Basal view of a human brain
External links
- Anatomy image: nerv/brainsup2 at Human Anatomy Lecture (Biology 129), Pennsylvania State University
- Diagram at nih.gov