Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heschl's gyrus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hes-chl's -gyrus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A convolution of the cortex found in the lateral sulcus on the temporal lobe, and which is the first cortical structure to process incoming auditory information.

Example Sentences

"The study by Penagos et al. (2004) concluded that only lateral Heschl's gyrus was sensitive to changes in pitch salience, supporting the notion that a pitch center exists in this region of auditory cortex."
"In a study conducted with Spanish-Catalan bilinguals […] it was observed that the volume of the left Heschl's gyrus was greater than in monolingual speakers, both for grey and white matter."

Etymology

Named after Austrian anatomist Richard L. Heschl (1824–1881).

Inflected Forms

Heschl's gyri (plural)

Synonyms

transverse temporal gyrus Heschl's convolution

Questions

What does heschl's gyrus mean?: A convolution of the cortex found in the lateral sulcus on the temporal lobe, and which is the first cortical structure to process incoming auditory information.
Where does heschl's gyrus come from?: Named after Austrian anatomist Richard L. Heschl (1824–1881).

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