page_title: Uncus
hierarchical_section_title: Uncus
caption_attribution_description: uncus of parahippocampal　gyrus.
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: Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. Uncus is shown in orange.
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