Median sulcus
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Median sulcus can refer to:
- median sulcus of the tongueMedian sulcus of the tongueThe dorsum of the tongue is convex and marked by a median sulcus, which divides it into symmetrical halves.This sulcus ends behind, about 2.5 cm. from the root of the organ, in a depression, the foramen cecum, from which a shallow groove, the sulcus terminalis, runs lateralward and forward on...
- posterior median sulcusPosterior median sulcusThe posterior median sulcus is very shallow; from it a septum of neuroglia reaches rather more than half-way into the substance of the medulla spinalis; this septum varies in depth from 4 to 6 mm., but diminishes considerably in the lower part of the medulla spinalis....