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cingulate

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cingulate [′siŋ·gyə·lət]
(biology)
Having a girdle of bands or markings.


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They also confirmed the widely held belief by researchers that the insula and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) regions of the brain are important, but not necessary, for a person to feel his or her own heartbeat.
Those who were obese had even more extensive loss in the frontal and temporal lobes, which are critical for planning and memory; in the anterior cingulate gyrus, which affects attention; the hippocampus, which controls long-term memory and the basal ganglia.
In addition, whenever there is hypogenesis or agenesis, there is failure of inversion of the cingulate gyrus.
 
 
 
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