uncus

[ uhng-kuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural un·ci [uhn, -sahy].

any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.

uncus

/ ˈʌŋkəs /

Origin of uncus¹

1820–30; < New Latin, Latin: literally, hook

Origin of uncus¹

C19: from Latin: hook

Greek, ; Latin, uncus, ferramentum quo in sectione calculus protrahitur.

Eventually 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.

The olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.

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