cingulate gyrus

Definition

One of the convolutions on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It surrounds the rostral part of the brain and interhemispheric commissure and forms part of the limbic system. (MSH) One of three essential structures comprising the limbic lobe, the other two being the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus. (CSP).

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Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

• cingulate gyrus, caudal (posterior) part
• cingulate gyrus, rostral (anterior) part

Neighbouring structures

• angular gyrus
• fusiform gyrus
• inferior frontal gyrus
• inferior temporal gyrus
• middle frontal gyrus
• middle temporal gyrus
• orbital gyrus
• parahippocampal gyrus
• postcentral gyrus
• precentral gyrus
• superior frontal gyrus
• supramarginal gyrus

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Identifiers

TA2

5513

TA98

A14.1.09.231

FMA

62434

UBERON

0002967

Wikidata

Q1892702