Gyrus

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Gray's FIG. 726– Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.

Gray's Fig. 727 - Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere.

A gyrus (pl. gyri) is a ridge on the cerebral cortex. It is generally surrounded by one or more sulci.

[edit] Notable gyri

• Superior frontal gyrus, lat. gyrus frontalis superior
• Middle frontal gyrus, lat. gyrus frontalis medius
• Inferior frontal gyrus, lat. gyrus frontalis inferior with 3 parts: pars opercularis, pars triangularis, and pars orbitalis
• Superior temporal gyrus, lat. gyrus temporalis superior

Middle temporal gyrus, lat. gyrus temporalis medius

Inferior temporal gyrus, lat. gyrus temporalis inferior

• Fusiform gyrus, lat. gyrus occipitotemporalis medius
• Parahippocampal gyrus, lat. gyrus parahippocampalis
• Transverse temporal gyrus

Precentral gyrus, lat. gyrus praecentralis

• Postcentral gyrus, lat. gyrus postcentralis

Supramarginal gyrus, lat. gyrus supramarginalis

• Angular gyrus, lat. gyrus angularis
• Cingulate gyrus lat. gyrus cinguli
• Fornicate gyrus

Cuneus

Lingula lat. gyrus lingualis

[edit] See also

• Lissencephaly
• Sulcus

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gyri

• Visual explanation of gyri, sulci, and fissures