Gyrus

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• angular gyrus
• cingulate gyrus; gyrus cinguli; cingulate cortex
• cornus ammonis (Ammon's horn)
• cuneus
• dentate gyrus
• inferior frontal gyrus
• inferior temporal gyrus
• lingual gyrus
• middle frontal gyrus
• middle temporal gyrus
• parahippocampal gyrus (hippocampal gyrus)
• postcentral gyrus (primary sensory cortex)
• posterior paracentral gyrus
• precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex)
• precuneus
• superior frontal gyrus
• superior temporal gyrus
• supramarginal gyrus
• transverse temporal/Hershal (gyrus/convolutions)

Introduction

• One of the prominent rounded elevations ( convolutions) that form the cerebral hemispheres. Each gyrus consists of an exposed superficial part & a deep part hidden in the wall & floor of the adjacent sulci.

More General Terms

• brain structure

Additional Terms

• sulcus

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

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