Sulcus vs. Fissure

Sulcusnoun

(anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain.

Sulcusnoun

(planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.

Sulcusnoun

A furrow; a groove; a fissure.

Sulcusnoun

(anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain

Fissurenoun

A crack or opening, as in a rock.

Fissurenoun

(anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.

Fissureverb

To split, forming fissures.

Fissurenoun

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

Fissureverb

To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Fissurenoun

a long narrow depression in a surface

Fissurenoun

a long narrow opening

Fissurenoun

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

Fissureverb

break into fissures or fine cracks

Fissure

In anatomy, a fissure (Latin fissura, plural fissurae) is a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in various parts of the body. It is also generally called a sulcus, but this term can also reffer specifically to the analagous brain structure.