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A 'sulcus' (pronounced with a hard c) (pl. ''sulci'') is a depression or fissure in the surface of an organ, especially the brain.

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Examples of sulci

In the brain

Elsewhere

See also

Examples of sulci

In the brain

See Sulcus (neuroanatomy)

Elsewhere

★ sulcus arteriæ vertebralis

★ sagittal sulcus

★ sigmoid sulcus

★ tympanic sulcus

★ lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis)

★ sulcus tubae auditivae

★ radial sulcus (musculospiral groove)

★ preauricular sulcus

★ malleolar sulcus

★ Calcaneal sulcus

★ Intermammary sulcus

★ interlabial sulci

★ Anterior interventricular sulcus

★ Posterior interventricular sulcus

★ urethral sulcus, in the baculum

See also

★ Fissure