Noun: parieto-occipital fissure
- A sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres
"The brain scan clearly showed the parieto-occipital fissure";
- parieto-occipital sulcus
Type of: sulcus
Encyclopedia: Parieto-occipital fissure