- 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,...
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pterygomaxillary fissure is a
fissure of the
human skull. It is vertical, and
descends at
right angles from the
medial end of the
inferior orbital fissure. It is...
- A skin
fissure is a
cutaneous condition in
which there is a linear-like
cleavage of skin,
sometimes defined as
extending into the dermis. It is smaller...
- 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...
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Fissure of the nipple,
colloquially referred to as jogger's nipple, is a
condition that is the
result of
chafing of one or both nipples. This can occur...
- 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
petrotympanic fissure (also
known as the
squamotympanic fissure or the
glaserian fissure) is a
fissure in the
temporal bone that runs from the temporomandibular...
- 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:...
- The
inferior orbital fissure is a gap
between the
greater wing of
sphenoid bone, and the maxilla. It
connects the
orbit (anteriorly) with the infratemporal...
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Fissured tongue is a
benign condition characterized by deep
grooves (
fissures) in the
dorsum of the tongue.
Although these grooves may look unsettling...
