In anatomy|lang=en terms the difference between sulcus and gyrus
is that sulcus is (anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain while gyrus is (anatomy) a ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.
As nouns the difference between sulcus and gyrus
is that sulcus is (anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue while gyrus is (anatomy) a ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.
sulcus
English
Noun
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wikipedia sulcus)
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sulci)
(anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
(anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain
(planetology) subparallel grooves and ditches formed by geological processes
Derived terms
* calcaneal sulcus
* central sulcus
* cingulate sulcus
* coronal sulcus
* interlabial sulcus
* intermammary sulcus
* lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis)
* lateral sulcus
* malleolar sulcus
* postcentral sulcus
* preauricular sulcus
* precentral sulcus
* radial sulcus (musculospiral groove)
* sagittal sulcus
* sigmoid sulcus
* sulcal
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* sulcus tubae auditivae
* tympanic sulcus
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gyrus
Noun
(en-noun)
(anatomy) A ridge or fold on the cerebral cortex.
Derived terms
* cingulate gyrus
* dentate gyrus
* fornicate gyrus
* frontal gyrus
* fusiform gyrus
* hippocampal gyrus
* inferior frontal gyrus
* infracalcarine gyrus
* lingual gyrus
* microgyria
* middle frontal gyrus
* occipital gyrus
* occipitotemporal gyrus
* parahippocampal gyrus
* polygyria
* polymicrogyria
* postcentral gyrus
* precentral gyrus
* superior frontal gyrus
* superior temporal gyrus
* supramarginal gyrus
* temporal gyrus
* transverse temporal gyrus
