gyrus

Structure: - 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.

Specific

angular gyrus cingulate gyrus; gyrus cinguli; cingulate cortex cornus ammonis (Ammon's horn) cuneus dentate gyrus fusiform 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

References

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