Noun: Sylvian fissure
- The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
"The MRI clearly showed the Sylvian fissure";
- fissure of Sylvius, lateral cerebral sulcus, sulcus lateralis cerebri
Derived forms: Sylvian fissures
Type of: sulcus
Part of: cerebrum
Encyclopedia: Sylvian fissure