frontal gyrus
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- noun
- /ˈfrʌntəl ˈɡaɪrəs/
- Specialized
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giro frontal
- In imaging studies, the size of the frontal gyrus can indicate developmental changes in the brain.
- inferior frontal gyrus
- left frontal gyrus
Examples
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On on the other side of the brain, the right inferior frontal gyrus was responding to bad news.
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Thus, it may very well be that an abnormally large inferior frontal gyrus is, in fact, a biomarker for bipolar disorder.
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As predicted, all participants' brains activated in the left inferior frontal gyrus more forcefully for metaphors than for literals.
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... and do they have proof whether their medications cause shrinkage of the large frontal gyrus, thereby causing the smaller frontal gyrus, or are the test subjects strictly individuals who have?
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... and do they have proof whether their medications cause shrinkage of the large frontal gyrus, thereby causing the smaller frontal gyrus, or are the test subjects strictly individuals who have?
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First, all three types of statements stimulated the classical language areas of the LH: moving roughly from front to back, the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left inferior temporal gyrus, and the left inferior extrastriate region.
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The left inferior frontal gyrus is crucial for language production and comprehension.
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Researchers observed increased activity in the right frontal gyrus during cognitive tasks.
Synonyms
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A raised fold on the brain surface between two grooves
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A fold on the brain surface that increases its outer area
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'frontal' (pertaining to the front/frontal lobe) with 'gyrus' (a fold/ridge on the brain surface), so its meaning — a ridge on the frontal lobe — is directly derivable from the parts. Although 'gyrus' is specialized vocabulary, the anatomical naming pattern is compositional and cross-linguistically regular, so a learner who knows both constituents would comprehend it.
Etymology
The noun frontal gyrus comes from two parts: frontal meaning the front part of the brain and gyrus meaning a raised 'ridge' or 'fold' on the brain's surface. So frontal gyrus is the raised ridge at the front of the brain.