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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
brain +    
sulcus +    
aggregate regional part of brain +  
arthropod optic lobe 
brain endothelium 
brain gray matter +  
brain marginal zone +  
brain meninx +  
brain ventricle/choroid plexus +  
brain white matter +  
calcified structure of brain +  
cephalopod optic lobe 
cerebral subcortex +  
composite part spanning multiple base regional parts of brain +  
fasciculus of brain +  
forebrain-midbrain boundary 
gingival groove 
insect adult brain +  
insect embryonic brain +  
insect embryonic/larval brain +  
insect supraesophageal ganglion +  
midbrain-hindbrain boundary +  
mushroom body 
neural tube derived brain 
paracolic gutter 
pars intercerebralis 
regional part of brain +  
spiral sulcus +  
subarachnoid space of brain +  
sulcus of brain +  
A depression or fissure in the surface of the brain. It surrounds the gyri, creating the characteristic appearance of the brain in humans and other large mammals.
sulcus tali 
tract of brain +  
vasculature of brain +  
venous system of brain 
ventricular system of brain +  
ventricular zone 

Synonyms
Narrow Synonyms: fissure of brain
Broad Synonyms: sulci & spaces ;   sulcus
Related Synonyms: cerebral sulci ;   cerebral sulcus
Xrefs: DHBA:10610 ;   HBA:9352 ;   NCI:C32292 ;   SCTID:279337001 ;   Wikipedia:Sulcus_(neuroanatomy) ;   neuronames:1208
External Ontologys: dubious_for_taxon NCBITaxon:10088
Definition Sources: https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/315, Wikipedia:Sulcus_(neuroanatomy)

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