uncus

[uhng-kuhs]

noun

Anatomy.

plural

unci 

1. any hook-shaped or curved part of a body process, especially the hippocampal gyrus in the temporal lobe of the brain.

uncus

/ ˈʌŋkəs /

noun

1. zoology anatomy a hooked part or process, as in the human cerebrum

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncus¹

1820–30; < New Latin, Latin: literally, hook

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncus¹

C19: from Latin: hook

Example Sentences

The genus name uncus means “hook” in Latin, after the fishhooklike squiggles on the rock left by the fossils.

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The lower portion, the manubrium, or handle, gives motion to the upper portion, which from its shape is named the uncus, or hook.

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Eventually it ends in the substance of the hippocampus and in the uncus of the temporal lobe.

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The olfactory and gustatory centres are situated in the uncus close to the pituitary fossa.

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Scaphium: a ventral process of the 10th abdominal segment in male Lepidoptera below the uncus.

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