Introduction
Sulci are defined as deep portions on the surface of the cerebral hemisphere. The cerebral cortex is divided into the five lobes with the help of the major sulci present on the surface. The central sulci divide the cortex into frontal and parietal lobe, the lateral sulcus or fissure divides the superolateral surface into upper parietal and lower temporal lobe. The imaginary line joining the parieto-occipital sulcus and pre-occipital notch, situated 5 cm anterior to the occipital pole mark the occipital or the posterior region. The major concern of the occipital lobe is the visual information receiving and processing.
Lunate sulcus also called as “ape sulcus” was first identified by the anatomist Grafton Elliot Smith on the posterolateral part of the brain. It was identified to be a feature of the ape brain but not exclusively persistent with them instead can be markedly present in human brains also. In its typical forms, lunate sulcus is situated just in front of the...
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Deshmukh, V.R., Kumar, D. (2019). Lunate Sulcus. In: Vonk, J., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1478-1
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