
The variable lunate sulcus was studied and combining our results with those from histological and functional imaging studies, we suggest that the lunate sulci of human and nonhuman primates are not homologous. It takes a curved course posteriorly at approximately 70 towards the lateral sulcus but does not contact it. Two lateral occipital sulci (inferior and superior) were defined on the lateral surface of the occipital lobe. The central sulcus separates the frontal and parietal lobes, and the frontal lobe can be completely delineated by the lateral and central sulci on the lateral surface of the brain.

The generic cause of prominent sulci is loss of volume in the gyri, which makes the gaps between the gyri larger. Each hemisphere of the cerebrum is divided into four sections, called lobes. o Finally, the sulci became deeper and were visible as a surface notch and an echogenic line extending into the brain matter in a Y configuration - When imaged in a direction parallel to their plane of orientation, sulci appear as an echogenic plate that should not be mistaken for a disorder of the brain parenchyma. The cerebrum is divided into two halves, known as the left and right hemispheres. It has a wrinkled surface of alternating hills, known as gyri, and valleys, known as sulci. A horizontal groove between the frontal/parietal lobes and the temporal lobe. Separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobes.

These can be visualized on MRI or CT imaging. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain. The Brain: Fissures and Sulci (Locations, Functions, and Anatomical Structures) - A deep groove that extends along the coronal plane. The brain sulci constitute the main microanatomic delimiting landmarks and surgical corridors of modern microneurosurgery. It surrounds the gyri, creating the characteristic appearance of the brain. The major occipital sulci, particularly the parieto-occipital, the calcarine, the inferior lateral occipital and the anterior occipital sulci, as well as two points of their intersections (cuneal point and intersection of the transverse occipital and superior occipital sulcus) may be used as reliable anatomical landmarks for the location of architectonically and functionally defined human visual areas (V1, V2, V3, V3A, V5/MT+, LO1 and LO2) and during less invasive neurosurgical procedures in the cases of focal lesions within the occipital lobe. The term sulci (singular sulcus) is usually used to describe the grooves in between the folds of the brain (gyri, or singular gyrus). Depression or fissure in the surface of the brain. Morphological variability of human occipital sulci is related to interindividual and interhemispheric differences in their presence, origin, type, segmentation, intersection and length. We identified, described and measured the lengths of nine major human occipital sulci and five variable ones, comparing both types between individuals and hemispheres.

The external morphology of the occipital lobe was investigated in 15 human post-mortem brains (30 hemispheres) fixed in formalin. With regard to the orbitofrontal sulci in the human brain, four main sulci have been identified, namely, the olfactory, medial, lateral, and transverse orbital sulci.
