inferior temporal sulcus

Term ID

UBERON:0002969

Synonyms

• middle temporal fissure (Crosby)
• middle temporal sulcus (szikla)
• sulcus temporalis inferior
• sulcus temporalis medius (Roberts)
• sulcus temporalis secundus

Definition

The inferior surface of the temporal lobe is concave, and is continuous posteriorly with the tentorial surface of the occipital lobe. It is traversed by the inferior temporal sulcus, which extends from near the occipital pole behind, to within a short distance of the temporal pole in front, but is frequently subdivided by bridging gyri. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_temporal_sulcus

References

• BAMS:its
• BM:Tel-Cx-ITS
• DHBA:10632
• HBA:9379
• NCIT:C32793
• UMLS:C0228242
• birnlex:800
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=130
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_temporal_sulcus
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0228242
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279346007

Ontology

Uberon Ontology