A
slender vertical whitish band immediately
anterior to the
lamina terminalis and
anterior commissure; contrary to its name, it is not a
cortical convolution but is the
ventral continuation of the transparent septum.
Synonym:
area subcallosa,
gyrus paraterminalis,
gyrus subcallosus,
pedunculus corporis callosi,
corpus paraterminale,
paraterminal body,
paraterminal gyrus,
peduncle of
corpus callosum, precommissural
septal area, subcallosal area, Zuckerkandl's convolution.