GENERAL HISTOLOGY

NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE

CEREBRUM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the purpose of the longitudinal fissure?
A
Separate the right and left half of the brain
B
Separate the parietal and frontal lobes
C
Separate the brain from the body
D
Separate all the lobes of the brain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The longitudinal fissure plays a key role in corpus callosotomy, neurosurgery resulting in split brain, as it provides unobstructed access to the corpus callosum.

Detailed explanation-2: -A fissure or groove that separates the two hemispheres is called the great longitudinal fissure. The two sides of the brain are joined at the bottom by the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum connects the two halves of the brain and delivers messages from one half of the brain to the other.

Detailed explanation-3: -A longitudinal fissure or division separates the brain into two distinct cerebral hemispheres, connected by the corpus callosum.

Detailed explanation-4: -The normal major fissures consist of double layers of infolded invaginations of the visceral pleura. The major fissures separate the lower pulmonary lobes from the upper lobe on the left and from the upper and middle lobes on the right.

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