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n. - (biology) any hook-shaped process or part.

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  • The parts sound comically ominous--the amygdala, the hippocampus, the uncus.
  • With regard to the special senses, the area for the sense of taste is probably related to the uncus and hippocampal gyrus.
  • Although superficially continuous with the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus forms morphologically a part of the rhinencephalon.
  • Other fibers probably pass to the uncus and hippocampal gyrus from the primary olfactory centers in the trigonum and anterior perforated substance.
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