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Gyrus

noun
(pl. gyri)
1.
A convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain.  Synonym: convolution.



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... years, have paid special attention to the arrangement of the complicated sulci and gyri which appear upon the surface of the cerebral hemispheres in man and the higher apes, that they are disposed after the very same pattern in him, as in them. Every principal gyrus and sulcus of a chimpanzee's brain is clearly represented in that of a man, so that the terminology which applies to the one answers for the other. On this point there is no difference of opinion. Some years since, Professor Bischoff published a memoir (70. 'Die Grosshirn-Windungen ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Gyrus" :   structure, bodily structure, cerebrum, complex body part, body structure, anatomical structure



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