parahippocampal gyrus (hippocampal gyrus)

Structure

• a long convolution on the medial surface of the temporal lobe, extending from behind the splenium of the corpus callosum, forward along the dentate gyrus from which it is separated by the hippocampal fissure
• the anterior edge curves back on itself, forming the uncus

More general terms

• gyrus

Additional terms

• uncus

Component of

• temporal lobe

Components

• uncus
• piriform (olfactory) cortex