English noun: sulcus | |||
1. | sulcus (body) (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fissure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus, central sulcus, fissure of Rolando, fissure of Sylvius, lateral cerebral sulcus, parieto-occipital fissure, parieto-occipital sulcus, Rolando's fissure, sulcus centralis, sulcus lateralis cerebri, Sylvian fissure | ||
Domain category | anatomy, general anatomy | ||