Occipitotemporal sulcus
Sulcus occipitotemporalis
Definition
Occipitotemporal sulcus (a.k.a. mid-fusiform sulcus) is a long sulcus situated on the inferior surface of cerebral cortex. It extends almost along the entire inferior aspects of occipital and temporal lobes and splits up the occipitotemporal gyrus into medial and lateral occipitotemporal gyri.
The occipitotemporal sulcus is situated lateral to collateral and rhinal sulci. Together they sandwich the medial occipitotemporal gyrus, with the collateral and rhinal sulci lying on the medial side of occipitotemporal gyrus, while the occipitotemporal sulcus lying on its lateral side.
References
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Text written by Muhammad A. Javaid, MD, PhD © 2022 IMAIOS.
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