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What does uncus mean?

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Noun
  1. (zoology) A hook or claw.
  2. (anatomy) Hence, any body part which is long, thin, and curved.
  3. (anatomy) Specifically, the hooked end of the parahippocampal gyrus of the temporal lobe; also called the uncinate gyrus or uncus gyri parahippocampalis.
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The uncus, and subiculum cornu ammonis of the human brain, belong to it.
Eventually it ends in the substance of the hippocampus and in the uncus of the temporal lobe.
The excised tissue included most of the sea-horse-shaped structure called the hippocampus, as well as the parahippocampal gyrus, the uncus, the anterior temporal cortex, and the almond-shaped amygdala.
The olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.

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