title: Isthmus of cingulate gyrus
text: # Isthmus of cingulate gyrus
  
  The cingulate gyrus commences below the rostrum of the corpus callosum, curves around in front of the genu, extends along the upper surface of the body, and finally turns downward behind the splenium, where it is connected by a narrow isthmus with the parahippocampal gyrus.
  
  ## Additional images
  
  * Medial surface of cerebral cortex - gyri
  * Isthmus of the cingulate gyrus, medial surface of right hemisphere
  