Only a small part of the Parietooccipital Fissure ( parieto-occipital sulcus or Parietoöccipital fissure) is seen on the lateral surface of the hemisphere, its chief part being on the medial surface.

The lateral part of the parietooccipital fissure (Fig. 726) is situated about 5 cm. in front of the occipital

Occipital

The word occipital, in zoology, pertains to the occiput .Occipital is a descriptor for several areas of animal & human anatomy.*External occipital protuberance* Internal occipital crest* Greater occipital nerve...

 pole of the hemisphere, and measures about 1.25 cm. in length.

The medial part of the parietooccipital fissure (Fig. 727) runs downward and forward as a deep cleft on the medial surface of the hemisphere, and joins the calcarine fissure below and behind the posterior end of the corpus callosum

Corpus callosum

The corpus callosum , also known as the colossal commissure, is a wide, flat bundle of neural fibers beneath the cortex in the eutherian brain at the longitudinal fissure. It connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates interhemispheric communication...

. In most cases it contains a submerged gyrus

Gyrus

A gyrus is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci .-Notable gyri:* Superior frontal gyrus, lat. gyrus frontalis superior* Middle frontal gyrus, lat. gyrus frontalis medius...

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