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temporal gyrus

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Main Entry: temporal gyrus
Function: noun
: any of three major convolutions of the external surface of the temporal lobe of a cerebral hemisphere that are arrangedapproximately horizontally with one above the other: a : the one that is uppermost and borders the sylvian fissure called also superior temporal gyrus b : onelying in the middle between the other two called also middle temporal gyrus c : the lowest of the three called also inferior temporal gyrus
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temporal gyrus n.

  1. A sagittal convolution on the inferolateral border of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum, separated from the middle temporal gyrus by the inferior temporal sulcus and including the fusiform gyrus; inferior temporal gyrus.

  2. A longitudinal gyrus on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe of the brain, between the superior and inferior temporal sulci; middle temporal gyrus.

  3. A longitudinal gyrus on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe between the lateral fissure and the superior temporal sulcus; superior temporal gyrus.

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