Lingual gyrus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 279203007

Lingual gyrus

Definition

Component of the occipital lobe. The rostral boundary of the lingual gyrus was the posterior extent of the parahippocampal gyrus whereas the caudal boundary was the most posterior coronal slice where the gyrus could be visualized. The medial and lateral boundaries were the medial portion of the temporal and occipital cortices and the medial bank of the collateral sulcus respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine).

Also known as gyrus occipitotemporalis medialis, lingula of cerebral hemisphere, medial occipitotemporal gyrus, medial occipitotemporal gyrus-2 — per UBERON

The Lingual gyrus is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as