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HORIZONTAL FISSURE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Lungs
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The small, wedge-shaped lobe of the right lung which is separated from the superior lobe by the horizontal fissure and from the inferior lobe by the oblique fissure.

OBS

middle lobe of right lung; lobus medius pulmonis dextri: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Poumons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Lobe du poumon droit en forme de coin séparé du lobe supérieur par la fissure horizontale du poumon droit et du lobe inférieur par la fissure oblique.

OBS

lobe moyen du poumon droit : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

lobus medius pulmonis dextri : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Lungs
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

The cleft that extends forward from the oblique fissure in the right lung, separating the upper and middle lobes.

OBS

horizontal fissure of right lung; fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Poumons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Fissure présente uniquement au poumon droit.

OBS

fissure horizontale du poumon droit : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Sulci separate the folia, and some of the deeper sulci are termed fissures.... The horizontal fissure is located at the margin between the superior and inferior surfaces. Using these sulci and fissures, the cerebellar cortex has traditionally been divided into a number of different lobes...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Les foliums sont séparés par des sillons, dont les plus profonds sont appelés fissures. [...] La fissure horizontale est située à la limite des faces supérieure et inférieure. Ces sillons et fissures servent traditionnellement à subdiviser le cortex cérébelleux en un certain nombre de lobes.

Spanish

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