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Rhinal sulcus

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Rhinal sulcus
Basal view of diagram of human brain (rhinal sulcus not labeled, but is visible posterior to parahippocampal gyrus.)
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Latinsulcus rhinalis; fissura rhinalis; sulcus rhinicus; fissura rhinica
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In the human brain, the entorhinal cortex appears as a longitudinal elevation anterior to the parahippocampal gyrus, with a corresponding internal furrow, the external rhinal sulcus (or rhinal fissure). The rhinal sulcus separates the parahippocampal uncus from the rest of the temporal lobe in the neocortex.[1] The rhinal sulcus and the hippocampal sulcus were both present in early mammals.[1]

It is analogous to the collateral fissure found further caudally in the inferior part of the temporal lobe.

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  1. ^ a b Ribas, Guilherme Carvalhal (February 2010). "The cerebral sulci and gyri". Neurosurgical Focus. 28 (2). doi:10.3171/2009.11.FOCUS09245.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 744 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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