Anatomy
cingulate gyrus
Subclass of:
Limbic lobe
Definitions related to gyrus cinguli:
  • (anterior cingulate gyrus) The part of the cingulate gyrus that lies inferior to the superior frontal gyrus, and is separated from it by the cingulate sulcus; it ends inferior to the rostrum of the corpus callosum.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • One of the convolutions on the medial surface of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES. It surrounds the rostral part of the brain and CORPUS CALLOSUM and forms part of the LIMBIC SYSTEM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (cingulate gyrus) A long curved fold located in the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (cingulate gyrus) One of three essential structures comprising the limbic lobe, the other two being the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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