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Brain: Opercular part of inferior frontal gyrus

Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Pars opercularis visible near center).

Brodmann area 44
Latin	pars opercularis gyri frontalis inferioris
Part of	Inferior frontal gyrus Broca's area
Artery	Middle cerebral
Acronym(s)	OpIFG
NeuroNames	hier-69

In the human brain the Pars opercularis (literally "the part that covers") is the part of the inferior frontal gyrus that lies between the inferior precentral sulcus and the ascending ramus of the lateral sulcus. It is called opercularis because it covers part of the insula. The pars opercularis together with the pars triangularis form Broca's area.

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Opercular part of inferior frontal gyrus (shown in red).
Lateral view of a human brain, main gyri labeled.

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus (4m, 6m) · Medial frontal gyrus (8m, 9m) Paraterminal gyrus/Paraolfactory area (12) · Straight gyrus (11m) · Orbital gyri/Orbitofrontal cortex (10m, 11m, 12) · Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (10m) · Subcallosal area (25) Olfactory sulcus · Orbital sulci

Precentral	Paracentral lobule (4) · Paracentral sulcus

Both

Primary motor cortex (4) · Premotor cortex (6) · Supplementary motor area (6) · Frontal eye fields (8)

Parietal lobe

Superolateral	Superior parietal lobule (5l, 7l) · Inferior parietal lobule (40-Supramarginal gyrus, 39-Angular gyrus) · Parietal operculum (43) Intraparietal sulcus

Medial/inferior	Paracentral lobule (1m, 2m, 3m, 5m) · Precuneus (7m) Marginal sulcus

Both	Postcentral gyrus/primary somatosensory cortex (1 · 2 · 3) · Secondary somatosensory cortex (5) · Posterior parietal cortex (7)

Occipital lobe

Superolateral	Occipital pole of cerebrum · Lateral occipital gyrus (18, 19) · Lunate sulcus · Transverse occipital sulcus

Medial/inferior	Primary visual cortex (17) · Cuneus · Lingual gyrus Calcarine fissure

Temporal lobe

Superolateral	Transverse temporal gyrus/Primary auditory cortex (41, 42) · Superior temporal gyrus (38, 22/Wernicke's area) · Middle temporal gyrus (21) · Inferior temporal gyrus (20) Superior temporal sulcus · Inferior temporal sulcus

Medial/inferior	Fusiform gyrus (37) Medial temporal lobe (27 · 28 · 34 · 35 · 36) Inferior temporal sulcus

Interlobar
sulci/fissures

Superolateral	Central (frontal+parietal) · Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal) · Parieto-occipital · Preoccipital notch

Medial/inferior	Medial longitudinal · Cingulate (frontal+cingulate) · Collateral (temporal+occipital) · Callosal sulcus

Limbic lobe

Parahippocampal gyrus	anterior (Entorhinal cortex, Perirhinal cortex) · Posterior parahippocampal gyrus · Prepyriform area

Cingulate cortex/gyrus	Subgenual area (25) · Anterior cingulate (24, 32, 33) · Posterior cingulate (23, 31) Isthmus of cingulate gyrus: Retrosplenial cortex (26, 29, 30)

Hippocampal formation	Hippocampal sulcus · Fimbria of hippocampus · Dentate gyrus · Rhinal sulcus

Other	Supracallosal gyrus · Uncus

Insular lobe

Long gyrus of insula · Short gyri of insula · Circular sulcus of insula

General

Operculum · Poles of cerebral hemispheres

Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.

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