uncus
any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
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Greek, ; Latin, uncus, ferramentum quo in sectione calculus protrahitur.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times | John Stewart MilneEventually it ends in the substance of the hippocampus and in the uncus of the temporal lobe.
The uncus, and subiculum cornu ammonis of the human brain, belong to it.
Scaphium: a ventral process of the 10th abdominal segment in male Lepidoptera below the uncus.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithThe olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for uncus
/ (ˈʌŋkəs) /
zoology anatomy a hooked part or process, as in the human cerebrum
Origin of uncus
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