Uncus

Word UNCUS
Character 5
Hyphenation un cus
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Definitions and meanings of "Uncus"

What do we mean by uncus?

A hook-shaped part or process. noun

The hook-like anterior extremity of the uncinate convolution of the brain. noun

In entomology, the beak-like mesial prolongation of the eighth abdominal segment of lepidopteróus insects. It forms no proper part of the organs ancillary to generation. noun

The head, hook, or comb of the malleolus or lateral tooth of the mastax of a wheel-animalcule. noun

In botany, a hook. noun

A hook or claw. noun

A hook or claw. noun

Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved. noun

Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis. noun

(biology) any hook-shaped process or part noun

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The word "uncus" in example sentences

Sense of smell is projected in uncus [ "uncus" means hook] and hippocampus which are also parts of temporal lobe on medial aspect. ❋ Supri1278 (2010)

The parts sound comically ominous--the amygdala, the hippocampus, the uncus. ❋ Doyle (2008)

At I 313-16, Lucretius, discussing the invisible wearing away of substances, says 'stilicidi casus _lapidem_ cauat, uncus aratri/_ferreus_ occulte decrescit uomer in aruis,/strataque iam uolgi pedibus detrita uiarum/saxea conspicimus'. ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

Most of the fibers, however, pass into the uncus, the anterior end of the hippocampal gyrus, and there end in the complicated cortex of the hippocampal gyri. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The Hippocampal Fissure (fissura hippocampi; dentate fissure) begins immediately behind the splenium of the corpus callosum, and runs forward between the hippocampal and dentate gyri to end in the uncus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Other fibers probably pass to the uncus and hippocampal gyrus from the primary olfactory centers in the trigonum and anterior perforated substance. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Here it lies along the concavity of the hippocampus, on the surface of which some of its fibers are spread out to form the alveus, while the remainder are continued as a narrow white band, the fimbria hippocampi, which is prolonged into the uncus of the hippocampal gyrus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The majority of the axons that arise from the mitral cells of the olfactory bulb and course in the olfactory tract course in the lateral olfactory stria to the uncus and hippocampal gyrus, and terminate in the cortex. ❋ Unknown (1918)

It is merely a localized thickening of the gray cortex, continuous with that of the uncus; in front it is continuous with the putamen, behind with the stria terminalis and the tail of the caudate nucleus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

With regard to the special senses, the area for the sense of taste is probably related to the uncus and hippocampal gyrus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

—The rhinencephalon comprises the olfactory lobe, the uncus, the subcallosal and supracallosal gyri, the fascia dentata hippocampi, the septum pellucidum, the fornix, and the hippocampus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The olfactory projection fibers which arise from the pyramid cells of the uncus and hippocampus and from the polymorphic cells of the dentate gyrus form a dense stratum on the ventricular surface, especially on the hippocampus, called the alveus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The anterior extremity of the hippocampal gyrus is recurved in the form of a hook (uncus), which is separated from the apex of the temporal lobe by a slight fissure, the incisura temporalis. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Although superficially continuous with the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus forms morphologically a part of the rhinencephalon. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The Subcallosal, Supracallosal, and Dentate Gyri form a rudimentary arch-shaped lamina of gray substance extending over the corpus callosum and above the hippocampal gyrus from the anterior perforated substance to the uncus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Anteriorly it is continued into the notch of the uncus, where it forms a sharp bend and is then prolonged as a delicate band, the band of Giacomini, over the uncus, on the lateral surface of which it is lost. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The lateral stria is directed across the lateral part of the anterior perforated substance and then bends abruptly medialward toward the uncus of the hippocampal gyrus. ❋ Unknown (1918)

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