Medical Definition of Fissura calcarina

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissura Calcarina

fissipation
fissiped
fissiped mammal
fissipedal
fissipedia
fissipeds
fissirostres
fissive
fissle
fissled
fissles
fissling
fissura
fissura antitragohelicina
fissura cerebri lateralis
fissura choroidea
fissura collateralis
fissura dentata
fissura hippocampi
fissura horizontalis cerebelli
fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
fissura ligamenti teretis
fissura ligamenti venosi
fissura longitudinalis cerebri
fissura mediana anterior medullae oblongatae
fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis
fissura obliqua pulmonis
fissura orbitalis inferior

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