Medical Definition of Ape fissure

1. A small, inconstant semilunar groove on the cortical convexity near the occipital pole, marking the anterior border of the striate cortex (area 17) and considered homologous with the major sulcus of the same name that is a more constant feature of the cerebral cortex in monkeys and apes. Synonym: sulcus lunatus cerebri, ape fissure, lunate fissure, lunate sulcus, simian fissure. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ape Fissure

apex of prostate
apex of sacrum
apex of the posterior horn
apex of the sun's way
apex of urinary bladder
apex ossis sacri
apex partis petrosae ossis temporalis
apex patellae
apex pneumonia
apex prostatae
apex pulmonis
apex radicis dentis
apex satyri
apex vesicae
ape diseases
ape fissure (current term)
ape hand
APF
apgar
APGAR score
Apgar score
aphaereses
aphaeresis
aphaeretic
aphagia
aphagia
aphagias
aphakia
aphakia
aphakial

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