Heschl's convolution

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• Heschl's gyrus — hesh əlz n a convolution of the temporal lobe that is the cortical center for hearing and runs obliquely outward and forward from the posterior part of the lateral sulcus Heschl Richard Ladislaus (1824 1881) Austrian anatomist. A professor of… …   Medical dictionary

• gyrus — One of the prominent rounded elevations that form the cerebral hemispheres, each consisting of an exposed superficial portion and a portion hidden from view in the wall and floor of the sulcus. [L. fr. G. gyros, circle] angular g. [TA] a folded… …   Medical dictionary