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uncus
[ uhng-kuhs ]
noun
Anatomy.
plural unci
- any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.
uncus
/ ˈʌŋ°ìÉ™²õ /
noun
- zoology anatomy a hooked part or process, as in the human cerebrum
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of uncus1
1820–30; < New Latin, Latin: literally, hook
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of uncus1
C19: from Latin: hook
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The genus name uncus means “hook†in Latin, after the fishhooklike squiggles on the rock left by the fossils.
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The lower portion, the manubrium, or handle, gives motion to the upper portion, which from its shape is named the uncus, or hook.
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Eventually it ends in the substance of the hippocampus and in the uncus of the temporal lobe.
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The olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.
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Scaphium: a ventral process of the 10th abdominal segment in male Lepidoptera below the uncus.
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