sulcus
noun
a furrow or groove.
sulci
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pluralof sulcus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Soccer players who headed the ball at high levels showed abnormality of the brain's white matter adjacent to sulci, which are deep grooves in the brain's surface.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
The neocortex—the outermost layer of the brain characterized by the squiggly sulci, or brain folds—is the region that gives all primates their exceptional intelligence.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2015
Major coronary blood vessels are located in these sulci.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The surface of the brain can be mapped on the basis of the locations of large gyri and sulci.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The deeper sulci visible externally correspond to the inflexions of the carpellary leaves; in addition to this, the centre of the dorsum of each of these is marked with a line.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
