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
- Gingival sulcus
- sulcus arteriæ vertebralis
- sagittal sulcus
- separatoral sulcus (depression behind the brow ridges of some primates)
- 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
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