Superior frontal sulcus

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Superior frontal sulcus
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Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.
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Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from above.
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Latin sulcus frontalis superior
NeuroNames 61
NeuroLex ID birnlex_1030
TA98 A14.1.09.122
TA2 5455
FMA 83755
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The superior frontal sulcus is a sulcus between the superior frontal gyrus and the middle frontal gyrus, that defines the lateral limit of the Superior frontal gyrus. [1]

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

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The inferior or orbital surface of the frontal lobe is concave, and rests on the orbital plate of the frontal bone. It is divided into four orbital gyri by a well-marked H-shaped orbital sulcus. These are named, from their position, the medial, anterior, lateral, and posterior, orbital gyri. The medial orbital gyrus presents a well-marked antero-posterior sulcus, the olfactory sulcus, for the olfactory tract; the portion medial to this is named the straight gyrus, and is continuous with the superior frontal gyrus on the medial surface.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus</span>

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The superior sulcus (groove) may refer to:

References

  1. "The superior frontal sulcus in the human brain: Morphology and probability maps".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)