subcallosal gyrus

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 convolution

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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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subcallosal gyrus

The short gyrus at the head of the cingulate gyrus, just below the rostrum of the corpus callosum, on the medial surface of each cerebral hemisphere. It is the anterior-most segment of the gyrus fornicatus.

Synonym: limbic system for illus

See also: gyrus

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Zuckerkandl,

Emil, Austrian anatomist, 1849-1910.

organs of Zuckerkandl - Synonym(s): Zuckerkandl bodies

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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