Anatomical landmark in the brain of humans and other primates
Calcarine sulcus
Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. ("Cricoid fissure" visible at left.)
Coronal section through posterior cornua of lateral ventricle. (Label for "Calcarine fissure" visible at bottom.
Details
Part of
Occipital lobe
Artery
Calcarine branch of medial occipital artery
Identifiers
Latin
sulcus calcarinus, fissura calcarina
NeuroNames
44
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_1086
TA98
A14.1.09.225
TA2
5486
FMA
83749
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The calcarine sulcus (or calcarine fissure) is an anatomical landmark located at the caudal end of the medial surface of the brain of humans and other primates. Its name comes from the Latin "calcar" meaning "spur". It is very deep, and known as a complete sulcus.
The calcarinesulcus (or calcarine fissure) is an anatomical landmark located at the caudal end of the medial surface of the brain of humans and other...
cuneus is bounded anteriorly by the parieto-occipital sulcus and inferiorly by the calcarinesulcus. The cuneus (Brodmann area 17) receives visual information...
occipital sulcus. The occipital aspects along the inside face of each hemisphere are divided by the calcarinesulcus. Above the medial, Y-shaped sulcus lies...
(Meyer's loop), then posteriorly, to terminate in the lower bank of the calcarinesulcus, called the lingual gyrus Contains input from the inferior retinal...
toward the calcarinesulcus. The precuneus is bordered anteriorly by the marginal branch of the cingulate sulcus (margin of cingulate sulcus), posteriorly...
cortex, or (primary visual cortex, Brodmann area 17) is located on the calcarinesulcus deep within the inside folds of the occipital lobe. Hearing: The primary...
into the: Calcarinesulcus, to the cuneus and lingual gyrus and the back part of the convex surface of the occipital lobe Parieto-occipital sulcus, to the...
space between tissues called the central sulcus, and from the temporal lobe by a deep fold called the lateral sulcus also called the Sylvian fissure. The...
the brain (posterior end) in the occipital lobe in and close to the calcarinesulcus. The LGN is not just a simple relay station, but it is also a center...
information from the visual field. In humans, the upper bank of the calcarinesulcus in the occipital lobe robustly responds to the lower half of the visual...
the posterior cornu on the upper medial side of the horn from the calcarinesulcus against the posterior horn - creating the calcar avis (historically...
sec). Demonstrating location of collateral sulcus. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Collateral sulcus. This article incorporates text in the public...
parahippocampal gyrus, with a corresponding internal furrow, the external rhinal sulcus (or rhinal fissure), separating it from the inferiolateral surface of the...
many enlarged sulci, like the intraparietal sulcus, parieto-occipital sulcus, and left calcarinesulcus, indicating atrophy. Her visual field remains...
such as the cingulate gyrus, and occipital cortex surrounding the calcarinesulcus appear exempt from this decrease in grey matter density over time....
band of whiter tissue that can be observed with the naked eye in the calcarinesulcus of the occipital lobe. The line of Gennari is composed of axons bringing...
gyrus of the occipital lobe lies between the calcarinesulcus and the posterior part of the collateral sulcus; behind, it reaches the occipital pole; in...
investigated. The primary part of the visual cortex, (V1), is located in the calcarinesulcus, and is the first cortical area involved in visual processing. It receives...
gyrus of the occipital lobe lies between the calcarinesulcus and the posterior part of the collateral sulcus Lingual bone Lingual nerve, a branch of the...
The Calcarinesulcus acts as the hub for the Primary Visual Cortex in humans. Congenitally deaf humans have measurably higher volume of Calcarine cortex...
responsible for generating more complex images, is located deeper within the calcarine fissure of the occipital lobe, so intracortical stimulation is needed...
through the optic radiation, end in the primary visual cortex around the calcarine fissure. See visual system. This corresponds to the part of isothalamus...