Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: June 14, 2024
Preferred Name

posterior cingulate gyrus
Synonyms

gyrus limbicus posterior

posterior cingulate

gyrus cinguli posterior

cGp

PCgG

Definitions

The posterior cingulate cortex is the backmost part of the cingulate cortex, lying behind the anterior cingulate cortex. This is the upper part of the 'limbic lobe'. The cingulate cortex is made up of an area around the midline of the brain. Surrounding areas include the retrosplenial cortex and the precuneus. Cytoarchitectonically posterior cingulate cortex is associated with Brodmann areas 23 and 31. [WP,unvetted].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002740

altLabel

gyrus limbicus posterior

posterior cingulate

gyrus cinguli posterior

cGp

PCgG

ccf_is_provisional

false

ccf_part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002967

ccf_pref_label

cingulate gyrus, caudal (posterior) part

definition

The posterior cingulate cortex is the backmost part of the cingulate cortex, lying behind the anterior cingulate cortex. This is the upper part of the 'limbic lobe'. The cingulate cortex is made up of an area around the midline of the brain. Surrounding areas include the retrosplenial cortex and the precuneus. Cytoarchitectonically posterior cingulate cortex is associated with Brodmann areas 23 and 31. [WP,unvetted].

depiction

https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/Allen_F_Brain.glb

https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/Allen_M_Brain.glb

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Gray727.svg

has broad synonym

cGp

PCgG

has related synonym

gyrus limbicus posterior

posterior cingulate

gyrus cinguli posterior

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0002740

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

posterior cingulate gyrus

notation

UBERON:0002740

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002967

prefLabel

posterior cingulate gyrus

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002967

xRef

BIRNLEX:1546

FMA:61924

BAMS:PCgG

Wikipedia:Posterior_cingulate_gyrus

neuronames:162

UMLS:C0175191

disjointWith

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002756

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000200

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