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paracentral lobule
The posterior part of the superior frontal gyrus is sometimes marked off by a
vertical sulcus, and is distinguished as the paracentral lobule, because it is continuous with the anterior and posterior
central gyri.
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Brain: telencephalon (cerebrum,
cerebral cortex, cerebral
hemispheres) |
| Primary sulci/fissures |
Medial
longitudinal, Lateral, Central,
Parietoöccipital, Calcarine,
Cingulate, Callosal Collateral fissure |
| Frontal lobe |
Precentral gyrus (Primary motor cortex,
4), Precentral sulcus, Superior frontal gyrus/Frontal eye fields
(6, 8, 9), Middle frontal gyrus (46), Inferior frontal gyrus (44-Pars opercularis, 45-Pars triangularis), Orbitofrontal cortex (10, 11, 12, 47) |
| Parietal lobe |
Somatosensory cortex (Primary (1, 2, 3, 43), Secondary (5)), Precuneus
(7m), Parietal lobules (Superior
(7l), Inferior (40)), Angular gyrus (39), Intraparietal sulcus, Marginal sulcus |
| Occipital lobe |
Primary
visual cortex (17), Cuneus, Lingual gyrus,
18, 19 - Lateral occipital sulcus |
| Temporal lobe |
Primary auditory
cortex (41, 42),
Superior temporal gyrus (38,
22), Middle temporal gyrus
(21), Inferior temporal gyrus
(20), Fusiform gyrus (37) Medial temporal lobe (Amygdala, Hippocampus, Parahippocampal gyrus (27, 28, 34, 35,
36) |
| Cingulate cortex/gyrus |
Subgenual
area (25), anterior cingulate
(24, 32, 33), Posterior cingulate (23, 31), Retrosplenial
cortex (26, 29, 30), Supracallosal gyrus |
| white matter tracts |
Corpus callosum
(Splenium, Genu, Rostrum, Tapetum), Septum pellucidum, Ependyma, Internal capsule, Corona radiata, External capsule, Olfactory tract, Fornix (Commissure of fornix), Anterior commissure, Posterior commissure
Terminal stria |
| Basal ganglia |
Striatum
(Putamen,Caudate nucleus, Nucleus accumbens), Globus pallidus, Claustrum, Subthalamic nucleus, Substantia nigra |
| Other |
Insular cortex
Olfactory bulb, Anterior olfactory
nucleus Septal nuclei Basal optic
nucleus of Meynert |
| Some categorizations are approximations,
and some Brodmann areas span gyri. |
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