sub·cal·lo·sal gy·rus
a slender vertical whitish band immediately anterior to the lamina terminalis and anterior commissure; despite its name, it is not a cortical convolution but is the ventral continuation of the transparent septum. The small ridge of tissue immediately rostral to the lamina terminalis is sometimes designated as a separate part of the subcallosal area and called the paraterminal gyrus [TA] (gyrus paraterminalis [TA]).
Synonym(s):
area subcallosa [TA],
gyrus paraterminalis [TA],
gyrus subcallosus [TA],
paraterminal gyrus [TA],
subcallosal area [TA],
corpus paraterminale,
paraterminal body,
peduncle of corpus callosum,
pedunculus corporis callosi,
precommissural septal area,
Zuckerkandl convolutionFarlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sub·cal·lo·sal gy·rus
(sŭb'kă-lō'săl jī'rŭs) A slender, vertical, whitish band immediately anterior to the lamina terminalis and anterior commissure; contrary to its name, it is not a cortical convolution but is the ventral continuation of the transparent septum.
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Zuckerkandl,
Emil, Austrian anatomist, 1849-1910. Zuckerkandl bodies - small masses of chromaffin tissue found near the sympathetic ganglia along the aorta. Synonym(s):
organs of Zuckerkandl;
paraaortic bodies Zuckerkandl convolution - Synonym(s): subcallosal gyrus
Zuckerkandl fascia - the posterior layer of the renal fascia.
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