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cingulate gyrus

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One of the convolutions on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It surrounds the rostral part of the brain and interhemispheric commissure and forms part of the limbic system. (MSH) One of three essential structures comprising the limbic lobe, the other two being the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus. (CSP) [ ]

Term info

Label

cingulate gyrus

Synonyms
  • cingulate area
  • cingulate region
  • falciform lobe
  • upper limbic gyrus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

latin term
gyri cinguli [ NeuroNames : 159 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Gray727_cingulate_gyrus.png

has related synonym

cingular gyrus, gyri cinguli

id

UBERON:0002967