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CIRCONVOLUTION CERVEAU [1 record]

Record 1 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

The surfaces of the [cerebral] hemispheres are moulded into a number of irregular eminences, named gyri or convolutions, and separated by furrows termed fissures and sulci.

OBS

Gyrus, plural: gyri.

Key term(s)
  • gyri

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Le cortex (cérébral) est de couleur grisâtre - on l'appelle la "matière grise" - et semble replié sur lui-même. Le cortex cérébral est constitué de petits sillons (sulci), de sillons plus profonds (scissures) séparés les uns des autres par des renflements ou circonvolutions appelés les gyri.

OBS

Gyrus, pluriel gyri.

Key term(s)
  • circonvolution du cerveau
  • gyri
  • renflement

Spanish

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