FISSURE OF ROLANDO
Dictionary entry overview: What does fissure of Rolando mean? • FISSURE OF ROLANDO (noun)
The noun FISSURE OF ROLANDO has 1 sense:
1. a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
Familiarity information: FISSURE OF ROLANDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FISSURE OF ROLANDO (noun)
Meaning:
A brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
central sulcus; fissure of Rolando; Rolando's fissure; sulcus centralis
Hypernyms ("fissure of Rolando" is a kind of...):
sulcus ((anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain)
Holonyms ("fissure of Rolando" is a part of...):
cerebrum (anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans)
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