temporal gyrus

temporal gyrus
temporal gyrus n any of three major convolutions of the external surface of the temporal lobe of a cerebral hemisphere that are arranged approximately horizontally with one above the other:
a) the one that is uppermost and borders the sylvian fissure called also superior temporal gyrus
b) one lying in the middle between the other two called also middle temporal gyrus
c) the lowest of the three called also inferior temporal gyrus

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