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fissure of Rolando

American  
[roh-lan-doh, -lahn-] / roʊˈlæn doʊ, -ˈlɑn- /

fissure of Rolando British  
/ rəʊˈlændəʊ /

noun

  1. another name for central sulcus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fissure of Rolando

Named after L. Rolando (died 1831), Italian anatomist

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R-R marks the fissure of Rolando; S-S, the fissure of Sylvius; PO, the parieto-occipital fissure.

From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert

The fissure of Sylvius passed into the fissure of Rolando in one case on both sides, in another on one side only.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

The region on both sides of the fissure of Rolando in Fig.

From The Story of the Mind by Baldwin, James Mark

The motor zone of the cortex we now know to be situated in the convolutions bordering the fissure of Rolando.

From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Porter, Mary F.

The Parietal Lobe is also complex; its most anterior gyrus, named ascending parietal or post-central, ascends parallel to and immediately behind the fissure of Rolando.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various