Cingulate gyrus: [TA] 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 corpus callosum; together with the parahippocampal gyrus, with which it is continuous behind the corpus callosum, it forms the fornicate gyrus. SYN: gyrus cinguli [TA], callosal convolution, callosal gyrus, cingulate convolution, falciform lobe, lobus falciformis.
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Cingulate gyrus: a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; the cortical part of the limbic system.
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Cingulate gyrus: one of three essential structures comprising the limbic lobe, the other two being the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus.
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