What is Lateral sulcus?
{{Infobox brain | Name = Lateral sulcus | Latin = fissura lateralis cerebri, sulcus lateralis cerebri | Image = Lateral sulcus2.png | Caption = Lateral sulcus | IsPartOf = | Components = | Artery = | Vein = | Acronym = }} [[File:Gyrus sulcus-en.svg|thumb|right|]] The '''lateral sulcus''' (also called '''Sylvian fissure''' or '''lateral fissure''') is one of the most prominent structures of the human [[brain]]. It divides the [[frontal lobe]] and [[parietal lobe]] above from the [[temporal lobe]] below. It is in both [[Cerebral hemisphere|hemispheres of the brain]]. A sulcus is a depression or groove in the [[cerebral cortex]]. The lateral sulcus first appears around the fourteenth week of [[gestation]].<ref>{{Cite journal| author = Chi, Jee G; Dooling, Elizabeth C. Gilles, Floyd H. 1977.| title = Gyral development of the human brain| journal = Annals of Neurology| year = 1977| volume = 1| issue = 1| pages = 86–93| doi = 10.1002/ana.410010109| url = http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109672031/ABSTRACT| pmid = 560818| s2cid = 22434544| access-date = 2015-10-23| archive-date = 2020-03-01| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200301195438/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109672031/ABSTRACT| url-status = dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Anatomy of the brain]]