- 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,...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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:...
-
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
collateral fissure is a
large sulcus on the
tentorial surface of the
cerebral hemisphere and
extends from near the
occipital pole to
within a short...
- The
longitudinal fissure (or
cerebral fissure,
great longitudinal fissure,
median longitudinal fissure,
interhemispheric fissure) is the deep
groove that...
