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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci. 2009 Nov 18;29(46):14607–14616. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2892-09.2009

Table 2. Morphological variability in humans.

Structure Morphology Left hemisphere Right hemisphere Total
ipcs One segment 100% (30) (90%) 27 95% (57)
Two segments 0 10% (3) 5% (3)
Three segments 0 0 0
ifs One segment 56.7% (17) 63.3% (19) 60% (36)
Two segments 43.3% (13) 36.6% (11) 40% (24)
Three segments 0 0 0
ar Vertical 83.3% (25) 80% (24) 81.7% (49)
Oblique 6.7% (2) 10% (3) 8.3% (5)
Diagonal (10%) 3 10% (3) 10% (6)
ds Not present 30% (9) 16.7% (5) 23.3% (14)
No connection 26.7% (8) 33.3% (10) 30% (18)
Connection 43.3% (13) 50% (15) 46.7% (28)

ar, Anterior ascending ramus of the Sylvian fissure; ds, diagonal sulcus; ifs, inferior frontal sulcus; ipcs, inferior precentral sulcus. An oblique as is one that is neither vertical or diagonal and tends to curl in different directions through parasagittal sections. Some diagonal ar may become more vertical medially (supplemental Appendix, available at www.jneurosci.org as supplemental material). The ds may be connected to one or a combination of the ar, ifs, or ipcs. For an individual breakdown of values, see supplemental material (available at www.jneurosci.org).