''Sulcus'' (plural ''sulci'') may refer to:
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Gingival sulcus
The gingival sulcus is an area of potential space between a tooth and the surrounding gingival tissue and is lined by sulcular epithelium. The depth of the sulcus (Latin for ''groove'') is bounded by two entities: apically by the gingival ...
, the space between a tooth and surrounding tissue
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Sulcus (morphology)
In biological morphology and anatomy, a sulcus (pl. ''sulci'') is a furrow or fissure (Latin ''fissura'', plural ''fissurae''). It may be a groove, natural division, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear in the surface of a limb or an organ, ...
, a groove, crevice or furrow in medicine, botany, and zoology
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Sulcus (neuroanatomy)
In neuroanatomy, a sulcus (Latin: "furrow", pl. ''sulci'') is a depression or groove in the cerebral cortex.
It surrounds a gyrus (pl. gyri), creating the characteristic folded appearance of the brain in humans and other mammals. The la ...
, a crevice on the surface of the brain
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Sulcus (geology)
Sulcus (plural: sulci ) is, in astrogeology, an area of complex parallel or subparallel ridges and furrows on a planet or moon.
For example, Uruk Sulcus is a bright region of grooved terrain adjacent to Galileo Regio on Jupiter
Jupi ...
, a long parallel groove on a planet or a moon
* Coronal sulcus, the groove under the corona of the
Glans penis
In male human anatomy, the glans penis, commonly referred to as the glans, is the bulbous structure at the distal end of the human penis that is the human male's most sensitive erogenous zone and their primary anatomical source of sexual pl ...
* In botany, sulci in seeds or pollen grains are
colpi
See also
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Sulci
Sulci or Sulki (in Greek , Steph. B., Ptol.; , Strabo; , Paus.), was one of the most considerable cities of ancient Sardinia, situated in the southwest corner of the island, on a small island, now called Isola di Sant'Antioco, which is, how ...
, an ancient town in southwest Sardinia notable for the Battle of Sulci in 258 BC
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Sulcalization
Sulcalization (from la, sulcus 'groove'), in phonetics, is the pronunciation of a sound, typically a sibilant consonant, such as English and , with a deep ''groove'' running along the back of the tongue that focuses the airstream on the teeth, ...
, a term in phonetics and phonology
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Gyrification
Gyrification is the process of forming the characteristic folds of the cerebral cortex.
The peak of such a fold is called a ''gyrus'' (pl. ''gyri''), and its trough is called a '' sulcus'' (pl. ''sulci''). The neurons of the cerebral cortex re ...
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