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Seepferdchenwindungen

English translation: hippocampal gyri

15:23 Apr 23, 2024
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Pathologie
German term or phrase: Seepferdchenwindungen
This is taken from a post-mortem, this part refers to dissection of the brain:
Die Schnittflaechen sind feucht, austretende Blutpunkte lassen sich verwischen. Basalganglien, thalamische Kerne und Seepferdchenwindungen erscheinen regelrecht.
Pamela Downes-Grainger
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:41
English translation:hippocampal gyri
Explanation:
The hippocampus looks somewhat like a sea horse (Seepferd ) on dissection.

The name hippocampus is derived from the Greek hippokampus ( hippos, meaning "horse," and kampos, meaning "sea monster")
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Dr. Christopher Kronen
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hippocampal gyri


Explanation:
The hippocampus looks somewhat like a sea horse (Seepferd ) on dissection.

The name hippocampus is derived from the Greek hippokampus ( hippos, meaning "horse," and kampos, meaning "sea monster")


    Reference: http://nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience/m/s4/chapter05.html
Dr. Christopher Kronen
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agree  liz askew: https://neuroscientificallychallenged.com/glossary/hippocamp...
1 min
  -> Thank you, Liz.
agree  Anne Schulz
47 mins
  -> Thank you, Anne.
agree  Susanne Schiewe
17 hrs
  -> Thak you, Susanne.
neutral  thefastshow: The Greek term is Hippokampos (ἱππόκαμπος)though
1 day 22 hrs
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14 Limbisches System
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Der Allocortex (Archicortex) umfaßt den Hippocampus selbst (Ammonshorn, Seepferdchen), den Gyrus dentatus und das Subiculum. Er grenzt medial an den Balken ...

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Mediathek - Bild | Verschaltung der Hippocampus
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windungen hippocampus from www.dasgehirn.info
13 Jul 2015 — So entstehen zahlreiche Windungen (Gyri), Spalten (Fissurae) und Furchen (Sulci). Ausgefaltet beträgt die Oberfläche des Cortex ca 1.800 cm2.

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Hippocampal gyrus - definition
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hippocampal gyri from neuroscientificallychallenged.com
aka parahippocampal gyrus. The hippocampal gyrus is a gyrus that surrounds the hippocampus. The hippocampal gyrus contains the entorhinal cortex, which provides ...

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