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What is a sulcus?

What is a sulcus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue.
  2. (anatomy) Any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain.
  3. (planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.
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The rhinal sulcus is not present as a separate sulcus in this specimen, but is represented as a direct continuation of the collateral sulcus.
At the external border between the cornea and the sclera is the external scleral sulcus depression.
The rearmost of the four lobes is the occipital lobe, but there is no sulcus to define its limit on the lateral surface.
No sulcus for a stapedial artery can be clearly identified on either specimen.
By the end of the sixth week, a shallow groove called the sulcus dorsalis separates the thalamus from the epithalamic swelling.
Dorsal valve only slightly sulcate, with very shallow sulcus originating in the umbonal area.

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