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Sinus vs Sulcus - What's the difference?

sinus | sulcus |

In anatomy terms the difference between sinus and sulcus

is that sinus is a pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus while sulcus is any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain.

sinus

English

Noun

(wikipedia sinus) (sinuses)
  • (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
  • A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
  • (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
  • A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
  • Derived terms

    * sinusitis * ethmoid sinus * frontal sinus * maxillary sinus * sphenoid sinus * paranasal sinus

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    sulcus

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sulcus) (sulci)
  • (anatomy) a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue
  • (anatomy) any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain
  • (planetology) subparallel grooves and ditches formed by geological processes
  • Derived terms

    * calcaneal sulcus * central sulcus * cingulate sulcus * coronal sulcus * interlabial sulcus * intermammary sulcus * lacrimal sulcus (sulcus lacrimalis) * lateral sulcus * malleolar sulcus * postcentral sulcus * preauricular sulcus * precentral sulcus * radial sulcus (musculospiral groove) * sagittal sulcus * sigmoid sulcus * sulcal * * sulcus tubae auditivae * tympanic sulcus ----