- or 'crack'.
Fissures emerge in Earth's crust, on ice
sheets and glaciers, and on volcanoes. A
ground fissure, also
called an
earth fissure, is a long,...
- An anal
fissure is a
break or tear in the skin of the anal canal. Anal
fissures may be
noticed by
bright red anal
bleeding on
toilet paper and undergarments...
- Look up
fissure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
fissure is a
narrow crack or
opening in the Earth's
surface Fissure or
fissures may also
refer to:...
-
horizontal fissure, and an
oblique fissure. The left lung is
divided into two
lobes by an
oblique fissure which is
closely aligned with the
oblique fissure in...
- The
palpebral fissure is the
elliptic space between the
medial and
lateral canthi of the two open eyelids. In
simple terms, it is the
opening between...
- The
longitudinal fissure (or
cerebral fissure,
great longitudinal fissure,
median longitudinal fissure,
interhemispheric fissure) is the deep
groove that...
- The
lateral sulcus (or
lateral fissure, also
called Sylvian fissure,
after Franciscus Sylvius) is the most
prominent sulcus of each
cerebral hemisphere...
- In neuroanatomy, the
central sulcus (also
central fissure,
fissure of Rolando, or
Rolandic fissure,
after Luigi Rolando) is a sulcus, or groove, in the...
- A
fissure vent, also
known as a
volcanic fissure,
eruption fissure or
simply a
fissure, is a
linear volcanic vent
through which lava erupts,
usually without...
-
Fissured tongue is a
benign condition characterized by deep
grooves (
fissures) in the
dorsum of the tongue.
Although these grooves may look unsettling...
