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The brain of the mountain gorilla(Gorilla gorilla beringei)

II. Fissural Pattern

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Abbreviations

a:

sulcus arcuatus

c:

s. centralis

cal:

s. calcarinus

cc:

s. corporis callosi

ce:

s. calcarinus externus

cm:

s. callosomarginalis

col:

s. collateralis

fi:

s. frontalis inferior

fm:

s. frontalis medius

fo:

s. frontoorbitalis

fs:

s. frontalis superior

h:

s. hippocampi

io:

incisura opercularis

ip:

s. intraparietalis

L:

s. lunatus

o:

ss. orbitales

ob:

s. occipitomarginalis basialis

oi:

s. occipitalis inferior

ot:

s. occipitotemporalis

pci:

s. precentralis inferior

pcm:

s. precentralis medius

pcs:

s. precentralis superior

po:

s. parietooccipitalis

ps:

s. parietalis superior

pti:

s. postcentralis inferior

pts:

s. postcentralis superior

r:

s. rectus

rhn:

s. rhinalis

rs:

s. rostralis

rsi:

s. rostralis inferior

S:

s. lateralis (fissura sylvii)

sca:

s. subcentralis anterior

scp:

s. subcentralis posterior

sp:

s. subparietalis

ti:

s. temporalis inferior

ts:

s. temporalis superior

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    Hiroshi Hosokawa & Toshiro Kamiya

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Hosokawa, H., Kamiya, T. The brain of the mountain gorilla(Gorilla gorilla beringei) . Primates 4, 23–51 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01793090

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