Sulcus Lateral [S. Lateralis (Cerebri), Pna: Fissura Cerebri Lateralis (Sylvii), Bna; Fissura Cerebri Lateralis, Jna; Synopsis: B. Bokovaya, Silvieva Borozd]

Fissure Lateral - a shallow groove at the lateral wall of the middle part of the cerebellar hemisphere, between the upper surface of the anterior hemisphere and the medulla oblongata, starting behind the large foramen of the cerebellum and developing into a clearly visible gap at the junction of the upper surface and deep



The groove is lateral from the Latin lateralis - lateral, lateral (located on the side, on the latitive side) as a term used in medicine with its Latin origin, borrowed from medicine, to designate a lateral, groove, that is, the internal border of any side of the body in any that direction. The intervertebral gap in the spine on one side is similarly called.

Similar Latin can also be found in other sections of anatomy. For example: - Facial bone (os maxillae); - Lateral ventricle (ventriculus lateralis); - Intracranial sinus (sinus pituitarius or sinus cerebrius); - Bone marrow of the skull (medulla ossium cranii).

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