Heschl's gyrus

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Heschl's gyrus (h

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See transverse temporal gyrus.

Heschl's gyrus

[hesh′əl]

Etymology: Richard L. Heschl, Austrian pathologist, 1824-1881; Gk, gyros, turn

any of several small gyri that run transversely on the upper surface of the temporal operculum of the insula of the cortex.

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