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calcarine fissure

NOUN
  1. a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum

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  • The cuneus is a wedge-shaped area between the calcarine fissure and the medial part of the parietoöccipital fissure. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
  • Platyrrhini proper, the only observation with which I am acquainted is due to Pansch, who found in the brain of a foetal Cebus Apella, in addition to the sylvian fissure and the deep calcarine fissure, only a very shallow antero-temporal fissure (scissure parallele of Gratiolet). Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes
  • The first of these coats the walls and bounding convolutions of the calcarine fissure, and is distinguished by the well-known line of Gennari or Vicq d’Azyr; the second area forms an investing zone a centimetre or more broad around the first, and is characterized by a remarkable wealth of fibers, as well as by curious pyriform cells of large size richly stocked with chromophilic elements—cells which seem to have escaped the observation of Ramón y Cajal, Bolton, and others who have worked at this region. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
  • On its medial wall is a longitudinal eminence, the calcar avis (hippocampus minor), which is an involution of the ventricular wall produced by the calcarine fissure. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
  • The lingual gyrus lies between the calcarine fissure and the posterior part of the collateral fissure; behind, it reaches the occipital pole; in front, it is continued on to the tentorial surface of the temporal lobe, and joins the hippocampal gyrus. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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