| Brain: Operculum (brain) | ||
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| The insula of the left side, exposed by removing the opercula. | ||
| Latin | operculum frontale, operculum parietale, operculum temporale | |
| Gray's | subject #189 825 | |
The operculum, derived from Latin, meaning "little lid". It is the most posterior portion of the inferior frontal gyrus of the frontal lobe in the brain. In an axial plane, the Sylvian fissure extends from the operculum posteriorly to divide the frontal from the temporal lobe. Broca's area is a notable part of the operculum, which plays a key role in conversation or speech production, reading and writing.
Its vascular supply comes from the M3 branches of the middle cerebral artery.
Post-mortem, the parietal operculum of Albert Einstein's brain was found to be malformed.[1]
Notes
- ^ American Institute of Physics writer (2006). "Was Einstein's Brain Different?" AIP.org (accessed July 17, 2006)
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