Transverse occipital sulcus

Transverse occipital sulcus
Transverse occipital sulcus
	Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Trans. occ. sulc. shown in orange.)
	Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from above. (Trans. occ. sulc. shown in orange.)
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Identifiers
Latin	sulcus occipitalis transversus
TA98	A14.1.09.135
TA2	5484
FMA	83786
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The transverse occipital sulcus is a sulcus in the occipital lobe.

The transverse occipital sulcus is continuous with the posterior end of the occipital ramus of the intraparietal sulcus, and runs across the upper part of the lobe, a short distance behind the parietooccipital fissure.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 823 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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