Crossword clues for cingulum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cingulum \Cin"gu*lum\, n. [L., a girdle.] (Zo["o]l.)
A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
The clitellus of earthworms.
The base of the crown of a tooth.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth 2 (context zoology English) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells. 3 (context zoology English) The clitellus of earthworms.
WordNet
n. (anatomy) an encircling girdle-like structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)
[also: cingula (pl)]
Wikipedia
In neuroanatomy, the cingulum is a collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system. It forms the white matter core of the cingulate gyrus, following it from the subcallosal gyrus of the frontal lobe beneath the rostrum of corpus callosum to the parahippocampal gyrus and uncus of the temporal lobe.
Neurons of the cingulum receive afferent fibers from the parts of the thalamus that are associated with the spinothalamic tract. This, in addition to the fact that the cingulum is a central structure in learning to correct mistakes, indicates that the cingulum is involved in appraisal of pain and reinforcement of behavior that reduces it.
Cingulotomy, the surgical severing of the anterior cingulum, is a form of psychosurgery used to treat depression and OCD.
The cingulum was one of the earliest identified brain structures.
Cingulum, from the Latin for belt or girdle, may refer to:
- Cingulum (brain), white matter fibers found in the brain
- Cingulum (tooth), a shelf at the margin of a tooth
- A type of groove encircling the theca of dinoflagellates
- Cingulum (Catholicism), a rope belt used by monastic order such as the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
- Cingulum (Wicca), a ritual cord used in British traditional Wicca
- Cingulum militare, Ancient Roman belts decorated with metal fittings worn as a badge of rank by soldiers and officials
- Coleroidion cingulum, a beetle in the Cerambycidae family
- Micropentila cingulum, a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family
Usage examples of "cingulum".
During the second week in April he set off from Cingulum with four legionstwo veteran, two raw.
Jack, still panting like a dog as they wound a cingulum round him and turned him on his side to dress the other wounds: right forearm, superficial but spectacular, and a deep gash in his thigh.