Inferior frontal sulcus

Brain: Inferior frontal sulcus
Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.
Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from above.
Latin	sulcus frontalis inferior
Gray's	subject #189 821
NeuroNames	hier-44
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1619

The inferior frontal sulcus is a sulcus between the middle frontal gyrus and the inferior frontal gyrus.

See also

• Superior frontal sulcus

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v • d • e Human brain: telencephalon (cerebrum · cerebral cortex · cerebral hemispheres, grey matter) (TA A14.1.09.002-240, 301-320, GA 9.818-826) Primary four surface lobes Frontal lobe Precentral gyrus (Primary motor cortex, 4) Superior frontal gyrus/Frontal eye fields (6, 8, 9) · Middle frontal gyrus (46) · Inferior frontal gyrus/Broca's area (44-Pars opercularis, 45-Pars triangularis) Orbitofrontal cortex (10, 11, 12, 47) Prefrontal cortex · Premotor cortex Precentral sulcus · Superior frontal sulcus · Inferior frontal sulcus · Olfactory sulcus Subcallosal area · Paraterminal gyrus · Paraolfactory area Parietal lobe Somatosensory cortex (Primary (1 · 2 · 3 · 43) · Secondary (5)) · Precuneus (7m) · Parietal operculum Parietal lobules (Superior (7l) · Inferior (40)) · Angular gyrus (39) Intraparietal sulcus · Marginal sulcus Occipital lobe Primary visual cortex (17) · (Cuneus · Lingual gyrus · Lateral occipital gyrus (18, 19)) Calcarine fissure Temporal lobe Primary auditory cortex (41, 42) · Superior temporal gyrus (38, 22/Wernicke's area) · Middle temporal gyrus (21) · Inferior temporal gyrus (20) Fusiform gyrus (37) Medial temporal lobe ((27 · 28 · 34 · 35 · 36)) Interlobar sulci/fissures lateral: Central (frontal+parietal) · Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal) · Parieto-occipital medial: Medial longitudinal · Cingulate (frontal+cingulate) · Collateral (temporal+occipital) · Callosal sulcus Limbic lobe Parahippocampal gyrus · Entorhinal cortex · Uncus Cingulate cortex/gyrus: Subgenual area (25) · Anterior cingulate (24, 32, 33) · Posterior cingulate (23, 31) · Retrosplenial cortex (26, 29, 30) Hippocampal sulcus Insular lobe Circular sulcus of insula General Operculum · Poles of cerebral hemispheres Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.

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