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Rolando's fissure

DEFINITIONS OF: Rolando's fissure

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n a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes

Synonyms:
central sulcus, fissure of Rolando, sulcus centralis
Type of:
sulcus
(anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
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