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Definition of Calcarine sulcus

1. Noun. A sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.

Medical Definition of Calcarine sulcus

1. A deep fissure on the medial aspect of the cerebral cortex, extending on an arched line from the isthmus of the fornicate gyrus back to the occipital pole, marking the border between the lingual gyrus below and the cuneus above it. The cortex in the depth of the sulcus corresponds to the horizontal meridian of the contralateral half of the visual field. Synonym: sulcus calcarinus, calcarine fissure, fissura calcarina, posthippocampal fissure. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Calcarine sulcus

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

1. The Anatomy of the Nervous System by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The other portion, sometimes called the "posterior calcarine sulcus," arches downward and backward from this junction toward the occipital pole, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"If a section be made through any part of the true calcarine sulcus (except its ... It is clear that the tme calcarine sulcus accurately marks the line of ..."

3. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1899)
"From its special relation to the hippocampus minor, or "calcar avis," I shall call this the " calcarine " sulcus; but it extends beyond the calcar and the ..."

4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1902)
"The two former sulci are quite recent in comparison with the relatively ancient calcarine sulcus. They arise in response to special mechanical conditions in ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... the transverse groove marking off the auricles from the ventricles of the heart. — calcarine sulcus. «ее calcarine. ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"Brain with a well-developed calcarine sulcus, giving rise to a ... Brain with no calcarine sulcus. Teeth of three kinds, all encased with enamel: canines ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"OEDER FER^E. Brain with no calcarine sulcus. Legs with the proximal joints (humerus and femur) more or less enclosed in the common abdominal integument. ..."

8. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"Brain with no calcarine sulcus. Legs with the proximal joints (humerus and femur) more or less enclosed in the common abdominal integument. ..."

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