Nervous system & sense organs
Collateral sulcus
Sulcus collateralis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Interlobar sulci
DescriptionUnreviewed
The collateral fissure (or sulcus) is on the tentorial surface of the hemisphere and extends from near the occipital pole to within a short distance of the temporal pole.
Behind, it lies below and lateral to the calcarine fissure, from which it is separated by the lingual gyrus; in front, it is situated between the parahippocampal gyrus and the anterior part of the fusiform gyrus.
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Names
- Latin
- Sulcus collateralis
- English
- Collateral sulcus
- French
- Scissure collatérale
- Spanish
- Surco colateral
- Portuguese
- Sulco colateral