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Heschl's gyrus
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\ˈhesh-əlz-\
Medical Definition of Heschl's gyrus
: a convolution of the temporal lobe that is the cortical center for hearing and runs obliquely outward and forward from the posterior part of the lateral sulcus
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Biographical Note for heschl's gyrus
Heschl
, Richard Ladislaus
(1824–1881), Austrian anatomist. A professor of pathological anatomy, Heschl in 1855 published a textbook on the subject. The text includes his description of the convolution of the temporal lobe that now is known as Heschl's gyrus.
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