Subparietal sulcus

Subparietal sulcus
Medial surface of human cerebral hemisphere. Subparietal sulcus shown in red.
Medial surface of human cerebral hemisphere. Subparietal sulcus shown in center right.
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Identifiers
Latin	sulcus subparietalis
TA98	A14.1.09.205
TA2	5441
FMA	83777
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In neuroanatomy, the subparietal sulcus (Sulcus subparietalis) or suprasplenial sulcus is a sulcus, or crevice, on the medial surface of each cerebral hemisphere, above the splenium of the corpus callosum. It separates the precuneus from the posterior part of the cingulate gyrus. It is the posterior continuation of the cingulate sulcus. The cingulate sulcus actually "terminates" as the marginal sulcus of the cingulate sulcus (margin of cingulate gyrus). It extends posteriorly toward the calcarine sulcus.

The precuneus is bordered anteriorly by the marginal branch of the cingulate sulcus (margin of cingulate sulcus), posteriorly by the parieto-occipital sulcus, and inferiorly by the subparietal sulcus.

Additional images

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  Subparietal sulcus (shown in red).
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  Precuneus.
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  Cingulate gyrus.
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  Cingulate sulcus.
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  Marginal branch of cingulate sulcus.

References

• Michio Ono, Stefan Kubik, Chad D. Abernathey. Atlas of the Cerebral Sulci. 1990
• Henry Gray. Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918.

External links

• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=102