Nervous system & sense organs
Transverse occipital sulcus
Sulcus occipitalis transversus
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Occipital lobe
DescriptionUnreviewed
The transverse occipital sulcus is a structure in the occipital lobe.
The transverse occipital sulcus is continuous with the posterior end of the occipital ramus of the intraparietal sulcus, and runs across the upper part of the lobe, a short distance behind the parietooccipital fissure.
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Names
- Latin
- Sulcus occipitalis transversus
- English
- Transverse occipital sulcus
- French
- Sillon occipital transverse
- Spanish
- Surco occipital transversal
- Portuguese
- Sulco occipital transverso