page_title: Uncus
hierarchical_section_title: Uncus
caption_attribution_description: Human brain - inferior-medial view - Limbic system Gyrus cinguli Sulcus cinguli Lobus limbicus Gyrus parahippocampalis Uncus Sulcus hippocampalis Sulcus collateralis Columna fornicis Corpus fornicis Crus fornicis Fimbria hippocampi Corpus callosum, Rostrum Corpus callosum, Genu Corpus callosum, Truncus Corpus callosum, Splenium Septum Pellucidum Foramen interventriculare Thalamus Hypothalamus (font: arial black, size: 12)
context_page_description: The uncus is an anterior extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus. It is separated from the apex of the temporal lobe by a slight fissure called the incisura temporalis.
  Although superficially continuous with the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus forms morphologically a part of the rhinencephalon.
  An important landmark that crosses the inferior surface of the uncus is the band of Giacomini.
  The term comes from the Latin word uncus, meaning hook, and it was coined by Félix Vicq-d'Azyr.
context_section_description: The uncus is an anterior extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus.  It is separated from the apex of the temporal lobe by a slight fissure called the incisura temporalis.
  Although superficially continuous with the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus forms morphologically a part of the rhinencephalon.
  An important landmark that crosses the inferior surface of the uncus is the band of Giacomini.
  The term comes from the Latin word uncus, meaning hook, and it was coined by Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748–1794).
caption: Human brain inferior-medial view (Uncus is #5)
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