longitudinal fissure

Term ID

UBERON:0002921

Synonyms

• fissura interhemispherica
• fissura longitudinalis cerebrales
• fissura longitudinalis cerebri
• fissura longitudinalis magna
• LF
• longitudinal fissure of hemisphere
• longitudinal fissure of the cerebrum

Definition

The deep groove which separates the two hemispheres of the vertebrate brain. The falx cerebri, a dural brain covering, lies within the medial longitudinal fissure. [WP,unvetted]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_longitudinal_fissure

References

• BAMS:lf
• BAMS:lfh
• DHBA:10622
• HBA:9401
• NCIT:C33005
• OpenCyc:Mx4rwJlWu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• UMLS:C0228186
• birnlex:4041
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=35
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_longitudinal_fissure
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228186
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/369225004

Ontology

Uberon Ontology