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Definition of Sylvian fissure

1. Noun. The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres.

Definition of Sylvian fissure

1. Noun. (anatomy) The lateral sulcus of the brain ¹

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Literary usage of Sylvian fissure

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"To these must be added (1) the central lobe, or island of Reil, which is situated deeply in the Sylvian fissure, and (2) the olfactory lobe, which is found ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"9. r) which extends on the outer face of the hemisphere from the longitudinal fissure obliquely downward ana forward towards the Sylvian fissure. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Passing obliquely on the outer face of the hemisphere from before, upwards and backwards, is the well- marked Sylvian fissure, which is the first to appear ..."

4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"THE Sylvian fissure AND THE ISLAND OF REIL IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN. ... These four opercula are separated from each other by the limbs of the Sylvian fissure. ..."

5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"The convolution bounding the Sylvian fissure below is also spoken of as the temporal operculum. so that four opercula are thus enumerated. ..."

6. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"... which has carried it backward over the cerebellum, and augmented the outward and downward extension of the part behind the sylvian fissure, ..."

7. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"To these must be added (1) the central lobe, or island of Reil, which is situated deeply in the Sylvian fissure, and (2) the olfactory lobe, which is found ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"9. r) which extends on the outer face of the hemisphere from the longitudinal fissure obliquely downward ana forward towards the Sylvian fissure. ..."

9. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Passing obliquely on the outer face of the hemisphere from before, upwards and backwards, is the well- marked Sylvian fissure, which is the first to appear ..."

10. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"THE Sylvian fissure AND THE ISLAND OF REIL IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN. ... These four opercula are separated from each other by the limbs of the Sylvian fissure. ..."

11. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"The convolution bounding the Sylvian fissure below is also spoken of as the temporal operculum. so that four opercula are thus enumerated. ..."

12. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"... which has carried it backward over the cerebellum, and augmented the outward and downward extension of the part behind the sylvian fissure, ..."

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