Multiple choice general knowledge

If you're looking at a brain from above, what is the large groove that separates the right and left halves?

  1. Anterior commissure

  2. Corpus callosum

  3. Parietal lobe

  4. Interhemispheric fissure
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Explanation

The interhemispheric fissure (also called the longitudinal fissure) is the deep groove that separates the right and left cerebral hemispheres. The corpus callosum runs beneath this fissure, connecting the hemispheres, but the fissure itself is the visible separation when viewing the brain from above.

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