Medical Dictionary
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Heschl's gyrus Pronunciation:
'hesh-&lz- Function:
noun : a convolution of the temporal lobe that is the cortical center for hearing and runsobliquely outward and forward from the posterior part of the lateral sulcus
Heschl, Richard Ladislaus (1824–1881), Austrian anatomist. A professor of pathologicalanatomy, Heschl in 1855 published a textbook on the subject. The text includes his description of the convolution of the temporal lobe that now is known as Heschl's gyrus.
