Author: Glossary
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Transverse fissure
The fissure between the cerebellum and cerebrum.
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Portal fissure
The opening into the undersurface of the liver. It continues into the liver as the portal canal.
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Occipitoparietal fissure
The fissure between the occipital and parietal lobes of the brain.
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Inferior orbital fissure
The fissure at the apex of the orbit through which the infraorbital blood vessels and maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve pass.
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Hippocampal fissure
The fissure extending from the posterior part of the corpus callosum to the tip of the temporal lobe of the brain.
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Calcarine fissure
The fissure extending from the occipital end of the cerebrum to the occipitoparietal fissure. A fissure that consists of five deep horizontal (transverse) grooves that separate the cerebellum into its lobes and lobules.
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Anterior median fissure
In the spinal cord, the groove that runs along the ventral midline.
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Fission
Splitting into two or more parts.
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Fishskin disease
A skin disease characterized by increase of the horny layer with scaling and dryness.
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Fishberg concentration test
An obsolete test of the ability of the kidneys to produce urine of high specific gravity.