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sulcus

(sul -kŭs) (plural: sulci) an area of subparallel furrows and ridges on the surface of a planet or satellite. The word is used in the approved name of such a feature.
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sulcus

[′səl·kəs]
(zoology)
A furrow or groove, especially one on the surface of the cerebrum.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Various biochemical changes, circulatory and physiological changes in the geriatric population will result in the changes in the width of the right superior frontal sulcus. A positive correlation was noted between the right and left parietooccipital sulcus and the age of the individual.
CT scans of the patients coming to the radiology department of the hospital were obtained following which left and right central sulcus, superior frontal sulcus, parietooccipital sulcus width and depth length and width of third ventricle was assessed and recorded.
Left superior frontal sulcus recorded 2.80 +\- 0.12 for age 40 to 60 and 3.50 +\- 0.15 for age 60 to 80.
CT study comparing sulcal changes and third ventricle size as age progresses from 40 to 80
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