fissure of Sylvius
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fissure of Sylvius
Named after Franciscus Sylvius (Latinization of Franz de la Boë, d.1672), German anatomist
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Next we see the optic nerves crossing on the median line, the olfactory nerve, running under the front lobe, which is separated by the fissure of Sylvius from the middle lobe.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
R-R marks the fissure of Rolando; S-S, the fissure of Sylvius; PO, the parieto-occipital fissure.
From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
The fissure of Sylvius passed into the fissure of Rolando in one case on both sides, in another on one side only.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
These are situated in different parts of the brain and are connected by sub-cortical association tracts, the main pathway of which lies in the vicinity of the upper end of the fissure of Sylvius.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The interparietalis has its origin in the fissure of Sylvius in four cases on both sides, in five cases on one side only.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
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