sulcus
pronunciation
How to pronounce sulcus in British English:
UK ['sʌlkəs]
How to pronounce sulcus in American English:
US ['sʌlkəs]
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- Noun:
- (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
Word Origin
- sulcus (n.)
- plural sulci, "fissure between convolutions of the brain," 1833, from medical use of Latin sulcus "furrow, trench, ditch, wrinkle," apparently literally "the result of plowing," from PIE *selk- "to pull, draw" (cognates: Greek holkos "furrow," Old English sulh "plow," Lithuanian velku "I draw").
Example
- 1. Repairing ala nasi defect by local nasolabial sulcus flap .
- 2. Result the presence of cervical artery sulcus ring of atlas was found in 56 cases out of 346 pilots .
- 3. The clinical symptom , plaque index , sulcus bleeding index , pocket depth , attachment level and mobility degree were examined before and after treatment .
- 4. The first step in analyzing these images is to align their common anatomical structures , such as the " central sulcus , " a fold that separates the motor cortex from the somatosensory cortex .
- 5. Methods ten cases of complicated saddle nose with a short nasal columella were repaired by the combined procedures of reshaping alar cartilage , advancement of skin flap in philtrum to elongate nasal columella , silicone implantation to correct saddle deformity , and deepening alar sulcus with buried suture .