Medical Term:
uncus
Pronunciation: ŭn′kŭs, ŭn′sī
Definition:
- Any hook-shaped process or structure.
- The anterior, hooked extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus on the basomedial surface of the temporal lobe; the anterior face of the uncus corresponds to the olfactory cortex, its ventral surface to the entorhinal area; deep to the uncus lies the amygdala (amygdaloid body).
Synonym(s): uncinate gyrus, uncus gyri parahippocampalis
[L. a hook, fr. G. onkos]
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