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uncus /un·cus/ (ung´kus)

1. hook.

2. the medially curved anterior end of the parahippocampal gyrus.un´cal

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1. A hook-shaped part or process.

2. The anterior hooked extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus on the basomedial surface of the temporal lobe. Also called uncinate gyrus.

uncus

the medially curved anterior part of the hippocampal gyrus.

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