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hippocampal sulcus

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Main Entry: hippocampal sulcus
Function: noun
: a fissure of the mesial surface of each cerebral hemisphere extending from behind the posterior end of the corpus callosumforward and downward to the recurved part of the hippocampal gyrus called also hippocampal fissure
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hippocampal sulcus n.
A shallow groove between the dentate gyrus and the parahippocampal gyrus. Also called hippocampal fissure.

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