parieto-occipital sulcus


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Related to parieto-occipital sulcus: calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus, preoccipital notch

parieto-occipital sulcus

An oblique groove on the medial surface of the brain, marking the boundary between the parietal and the occipital lobes. The calcarine fissure intersects the middle of the parieto-occipital sulcus.
See also: sulcus
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