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fusiform

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fusiform /fu·si·form/ (-form) shaped like a spindle; tapered at each end.
fu·si·form (fyz-fôrm)
adj.
Tapering at each end; spindle-shaped.
fusiform
[fyo̅o̅′sifôrm]
Etymology: L, fusus, spindle, forma, form
a structure that is tapered at both ends.
fusiform [fu´zĭ-form]
shaped like a spindle; long and thin with tapering ends.
fusiform
spindle-shaped.
fusiform
adjective Elongated, spindled, string-like
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Using brain imaging, researchers showed that the speech motor areas of the brain (inferior frontal gyrus) were active at the same time (after a seventh of a second) as the orthographic word-form was being resolved within a brain region called the fusiform gyrus.
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For example, the researchers observed changes in the face-responsive fusiform cortex in the unknown faces task.
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