The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.
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Sulcus
/ˈsʌl.kəs/
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3 entriescalcarine sulcuscentral sulcuslateral sulcus
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6 entriesSylvian fissurebrain sulcicalcarine sulcuscentral sulcusgingival sulcuslateral sulcus
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The Union’s soft latex-polymer roof is cerebrally domed and a cloudy piamater pink except in spots where it’s eroded down to pasty gray, and everywhere textured, the bulging rooftop, with sulci and bulbous convolutions.
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The largest sulcus, the longitudinal fissure, divides the brain into left and right hemispheres.
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Unlike most other sulci, the lateral sulcus is very deep.
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