The transverse occipital sulcus is a structure in the

occipital lobe The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. The name derives from its position at the back of the head, from the Latin ''ob'', "behind", and ''caput'', "head". The occipital lobe is the vi ...

. The transverse occipital sulcus is continuous with the posterior end of the occipital ramus of the

intraparietal sulcus The intraparietal sulcus (IPS) is located on the lateral surface of the parietal lobe, and consists of an oblique and a horizontal portion. The IPS contains a series of functionally distinct subregions that have been intensively investigated usin ...

, and runs across the upper part of the lobe, a short distance behind the parietooccipital fissure.

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