- parolfactory area
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parolfactory area
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Broca parolfactory area — a. subcallosa … Medical dictionary
area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO … Medical dictionary
area subcallosa — [TA] subcallosal area a small area of cortex on the medial surface of each cerebral hemisphere, between the anterior and posterior parolfactory sulci … Medical dictionary
parolfactory — |par+ adjective Etymology: para (I) + olfactory : of, relating to, or constituting an area and a sulcus of the cerebral cortex adjacent to the olfactory trigone … Useful english dictionary
Subcallosal area — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = a. subcallosa GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 827 Caption = Scheme of rhinencephalon. (Paraolfactory area visible at center left.) Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein = Acronym = BrainInfoType =… … Wikipedia
subcallosal area — n a small area of cortex in each cerebral hemisphere below the genu of the corpus callosum called also parolfactory area … Medical dictionary
Brodmann area 25 — (BA25) is an area in the cerebral cortex of the brain and delineated based on its cytoarchitectonic characteristics. It is also called the subgenual area or area subgenualis . It is the 25th Brodmann area defined by Korbinian Brodmann (thus its… … Wikipedia
anterior parolfactory sulcus — a sulcus on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere, between the area parolfactoria behind and the inferior frontal gyrus in front … Medical dictionary
posterior parolfactory sulcus — a curved sulcus on the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere, below the splenium of the corpus callosum and between the gyrus paraterminalis and the area parolfactoria … Medical dictionary
Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… … Medical dictionary
