fissure (cleft)

Introduction

• A deep furrow, cleft or slit.
• In dentistry, a developmental break or fault in the tooth enamel.

More specific terms

• calcarine fissure (sulcus)
• cleft palate
• dermal fissure
• horizontal fissure of right lung (transverse or minor fissure)
• interpalpebral fissure
• longitudinal cerebral fissure
• oblique fissure of lung (major fissure)
• petrooccipital/Ecker fissure
• porta hepatis
• rima
• superior orbital fissure (sphenoidal formamen)

Additional terms

• sulcus