Poles of cerebral hemispheres

Poles of cerebral hemispheres
Human brain lateral view (9=Polus frontalis, 10=Polus occipitalis, 11=Polus temporalis)
Lateral surface. (Frontal pole is approximately at 10, occipital pole is approximately at 17, and temporal pole is approximately at 38.)
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Identifiers
Latin	polus frontalis, polus occipitalis, polus temporalis
TA	A14.1.09.111 A14.1.09.133 A14.1.09.137
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The anterior end of the hemisphere is named the frontal pole. (See also frontal lobe.)

The posterior end is named the occipital pole. (See also occipital lobe.)

The anterior end of the temporal lobe, the temporal pole. (See also temporal lobe.)

Gallery

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Superolateral

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus 4 6 8 Middle frontal gyrus 9 10 46 Inferior frontal gyrus: 11 47-Pars orbitalis Broca's area 44-Pars opercularis 45-Pars triangularis Superior frontal sulcus Inferior frontal sulcus

Precentral	Precentral gyrus Precentral sulcus

Medial/inferior

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

Precentral	Paracentral lobule 4 Paracentral sulcus

Both

Superolateral	Superior parietal lobule 5 7 Inferior parietal lobule 40-Supramarginal gyrus 39-Angular gyrus Parietal operculum 43 Intraparietal sulcus

Medial/inferior	Paracentral lobule 1 2 3 5 Precuneus 7 Marginal sulcus

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

Superolateral	Occipital pole of cerebrum Lateral occipital gyrus 18 19 Lunate sulcus Transverse occipital sulcus

Medial/inferior	Visual cortex 17 Cuneus Lingual gyrus Calcarine sulcus

Superolateral	Transverse temporal gyrus/Auditory cortex 41 42 Superior temporal gyrus 38 22/Wernicke's area Middle temporal gyrus 21 Superior temporal sulcus

Medial/inferior	Fusiform gyrus 37 Medial temporal lobe 27 28 34 35 36 Inferior temporal gyrus 20 Inferior temporal sulcus

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

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

Parahippocampal gyrus	anterior Entorhinal cortex Perirhinal cortex Postrhinal 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 Amygdala

General

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

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