cingulate gyrus

cingulate gyrus definition - medical

cingulate gyrus

noun
A long curved convolution of the medial surface of the cortical hemisphere, arched over the corpus callosum from which it is separated by the deep sulcus of the corpus callosum. Also called callosal gyrus.

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