Cingulate sulcus
Encyclopedia
The cingulate sulcus is a sulcus
(brain fold) on the medial wall of the cerebral cortex
. The frontal and parietal lobes are separated by the cingulate sulcus from the cingulate gyrus.
Sulcus (neuroanatomy)
In neuroanatomy, a sulcus is a depression or fissure in the surface of the brain.It surrounds the gyri, creating the characteristic appearance of the brain in humans and other large mammals....
(brain fold) on the medial wall of the cerebral cortex
Cerebral cortex
The cerebral cortex is a sheet of neural tissue that is outermost to the cerebrum of the mammalian brain. It plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language, and consciousness. It is constituted of up to six horizontal layers, each of which has a different...
. The frontal and parietal lobes are separated by the cingulate sulcus from the cingulate gyrus.
External links
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