parieto-occipital sulcus

parieto-occipital sulcus

a groove (sulcus) that runs upward along the medial (inner) side of each cerebral hemisphere, extending from a junction with the calcarine fissure at a point posterior to the splenium, and forming the border between the cuneus and precuneus regions.

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