A depression or fissure in the surface of the brain. It surrounds the gyri, creating the characteristic appearance of the brain in humans and other large mammals. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/315 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulcus_(neuroanatomy) ]
Synonyms: cerebral sulci
Term information
- NCIT:C32292
- SCTID:279337001
- neuronames:1208
- Wikipedia:Sulcus_(neuroanatomy)
- DHBA:10610
- HBA:9352
cumbo
sulci are considered absent from lissencephalic mammals such as mice, but they may possess fissures. For example, the Allen mouse brain Atlas includes hippocampal, rhinal and choroid fissure. For this reason we do not place a taxon constraint on this class
Indentation on the surface of the brain or spinal cord that forms a recognizable landmark, e.g., central sulcus, sulcus limitans (CUMBO)