Transverse occipital sulcus

{{Short description|Structure in the brain}}

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| Name = Transverse occipital sulcus

| Latin = sulcus occipitalis transversus

| Image = Gray726 trans occipital sulcus.svg

| Caption = Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Trans. occ. sulc. shown in orange.)

| Image2 = Gray725 trans occipital sulcus.png

| Caption2 = Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from above. (Trans. occ. sulc. shown in orange.)

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The transverse occipital sulcus is a sulcus in the occipital lobe.

The transverse occipital sulcus is continuous with the posterior end of the occipital ramus of the intraparietal sulcus, and runs across the upper part of the lobe, a short distance behind the parietooccipital fissure.