| Brain: Medial longitudinal fissure | ||
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| Great longitudinal fissure visible running left to right. | ||
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| Latin | fissura longitudinalis cerebri, fissura cerebri longitudinalis | |
| Gray's | subject #189 818 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-16 | |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_4041 | |
The great longitudinal fissure (or longitudinal cerebral fissure, or longitudinal fissure, or interhemispheric fissure) is the deep groove which separates the two hemispheres of the vertebrate brain.
The falx cerebri, a dural brain covering, lies within the medial longitudinal fissure.
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