A rounded outfolding or convolution on the surface of gray matter of the cerebral cortex of brain that lies between deep grooves or sulci (fissures). Each gyrus consists of a superficial part and another hidden from view in the floor and wall of a sulcus.
See Anterior cingulate gyrus, Cerebral cortex (or pallium), Cingulate gyrus, Cortical lobes, Frontal eye fields (FEF), Fusiform gyrus, Inferior temporal cortex (ITC), Limbic cortices, Lissencephaly, N170, Occipital cortex (or lobe), Primary motor cortex, Sulcus, Superior temporal sulcus and gyrus