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Not to be confused with Girus.
Gyrus
Gyrus and sulcus
Identifiers
TA98
A14.1.09.004
TA2
5432
FMA
83874
Anatomical terminology
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Gray's FIG. 726 – Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the sideGray's Fig. 727 – Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere
In neuroanatomy, a gyrus (pl.: gyri) is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci (depressions or furrows; sg.: sulcus).[1] Gyri and sulci create the folded appearance of the brain in humans and other mammals.
^Deng, Fan; Jiang, Xi; Zhu, Dajiang; Zhang, Tuo; Li, Kaiming; Guo, Lei; Liu, Tianming (2013). "A functional model of cortical gyri and sulci". Brain Structure and Function. 219 (4): 1473–1491. doi:10.1007/s00429-013-0581-z. ISSN 1863-2653. PMC 3909019. PMID 23689502.
fusiform gyrus, also known as the lateral occipitotemporal gyrus, is part of the temporal lobe and occipital lobe in Brodmann area 37. The fusiform gyrus is...
In neuroanatomy, the postcentral gyrus is a prominent gyrus in the lateral parietal lobe of the human brain. It is the location of the primary somatosensory...
The parahippocampal gyrus (or hippocampal gyrus) is a grey matter cortical region of the brain that surrounds the hippocampus and is part of the limbic...
rostral anterior cingulate gyrus (perigenual cingulate gyrus), Takahashi et al. (2003) found that the rostral anterior cingulate gyrus is larger in control...
The inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), (gyrus frontalis inferior), is the lowest positioned gyrus of the frontal gyri, of the frontal lobe, and is part of...
significant neurogenesis exists in the adult human dentate gyrus has been a matter of debate. The dentate gyrus, like the hippocampus, consists of three distinct...
The lingual gyrus, also known as the medial occipitotemporal gyrus, is a brain structure that is linked to processing vision, especially related to letters...
The precentral gyrus is a prominent gyrus on the surface of the posterior frontal lobe of the brain. It is the site of the primary motor cortex that in...
in language.[citation needed] The supramarginal gyrus is located just anterior to the angular gyrus allowing these two structures (which compose the...
supramarginal gyrus. Superiorly by the intraparietal sulcus. Posteriorly by the parieto-occipital sulcus. Inferiorly the angular gyrus of the parietal...
The middle frontal gyrus makes up about one-third of the frontal lobe of the human brain. (A gyrus is one of the prominent "bumps" or "ridges" on the...
Superior temporal gyrus, right hemisphere. Superior temporal gyrus highlighted in green on coronal T1 MRI images Superior temporal gyrus highlighted in green...
of the frontal gyrus are the superior frontal gyrus, the middle frontal gyrus, and the inferior frontal gyrus. The inferior frontal gyrus is divided into...
temporal gyrus is a gyrus in the brain on the temporal lobe. It is located between the superior temporal gyrus and inferior temporal gyrus. It corresponds...
medial orbital gyrus and olfactory tract) is named the straight gyrus,(or gyrus rectus) and is continuous with the superior frontal gyrus on the medial...
cingulate gyrus, the isthmus of cingulate gyrus, the fasciolar gyrus, the parahippocampal gyrus, the parahippocampal sulcus, the dentate gyrus, the fimbrodentate...
In neuroanatomy, the superior frontal gyrus (SFG, also marginal gyrus) is a gyrus – a ridge on the brain's cerebral cortex – which makes up about one...
The subcallosal gyrus (paraterminal gyrus, peduncle of the corpus callosum) is a narrow lamina on the medial surface of the hemisphere in front of the...
temporal gyrus and the superior temporal gyrus. 3D view of the transverse temporal gyrus in an average human brain Transverse temporal gyrus highlighted...
convolutions, of the frontal lobe. The other main gyrus of the frontal lobe is the precentral gyrus which is vertically oriented, and runs parallel with...
temporal gyrus is one of three gyri of the temporal lobe and is located below the middle temporal gyrus, connected behind with the inferior occipital gyrus; it...
The indusium griseum, (supracallosal gyrus, gyrus epicallosus) consists of a thin membranous layer of grey matter in contact with the upper surface of...
amygdaloid nuclei. The posterior part of the insula is formed by a long gyrus. The posterior insula connects reciprocally with the secondary somatosensory...
Temporal gyrus may refer to the inferior temporal gyrus the middle temporal gyrus the superior temporal gyrus the transverse temporal gyrus This disambiguation...
orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus also known as the pars orbitalis is the orbital part of the inferior frontal gyrus. In humans, this region is bordered...
brain. The gyri are the superior occipital gyrus, the middle occipital gyrus, and the inferior occipital gyrus, and these are also known as the occipital...
dentate gyrus and working inward along the S-curve of the hippocampus means traversing a series of narrow zones. The first of these, the dentate gyrus (DG)...
narrow isthmus with the parahippocampal gyrus. Medial surface of cerebral cortex - gyri Isthmus of the cingulate gyrus, medial surface of right hemisphere...
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