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Medial longitudinal fissure



Brain: Medial longitudinal fissure
Medial longitudinal fissure visible running left to right.
Latin fissura cerebri longitudinalis
Gray's subject #189 818
NeuroNames hier-16

The medial longitudinal fissure (or longitudinal cerebral fissure, or longitudinal fissure, or interhemispheric fissure) is 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.

 
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