Definition of Frontal gyrus

1. Noun. Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.

Generic synonyms: Convolution, Gyrus
Group relationships: Frontal Cortex, Frontal Lobe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontal Gyrus

frontal angle of parietal bone
frontal area
frontal artery
frontal belly of occipitofrontalis muscle
frontal bone
frontal border
frontal border of parietal bone
frontal border of sphenoid bone
frontal branch of superficial temporal artery
frontal cortex
frontal crest
frontal eminence
frontal fontanel
frontal foramen
frontal grooves
frontal gyrus (current term)
frontal horn
frontal lobe
frontal lobe epilepsy
frontal lobe of cerebrum
frontal lobes
frontal lobotomy
frontal margin
frontal nerve
frontal notch
frontal part of corpus callosum
frontal plane
frontal plate
frontal pole
frontal pole of cerebrum

Literary usage of Frontal gyrus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Ascending frontal gyrus, the gyrus bounding the fissure of Rolando In front. ... lobe of the cerebrum, all lying in front of the ascending frontal gyrus. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"posterior sulcus, the paramedial sulcus, which, however, is frequently interrupted by bridging gyri. The middle frontal gyrus (gyrus frontalis medius; ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"In one of these cases motor aphasia was present, the lesion having encroached upon the base of the left third frontal gyrus. In another case pseudo- bulbar ..."

4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, George Dancer Thane, Johnson Symington (1893)
"The third frontal gyrus (i',), the smallest of the three, is curved «around both the anterior ... This inferior frontal gyrus is connected at its lower and ..."

5. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The inferior frontal gyrus, which in the left hemisphere is also known as Broca's ... The orbital part of the inferior frontal gyrus lies rostral to the ..."

6. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"The superior frontal gyrus lies above the superior frontal sulcus. ... The supero-lateral part of the superior frontal gyrus is frequently divided into ..."

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