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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Region of the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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(Paracentral lobule is shown in red.)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png/250px-Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png/375px-Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png/500px-Cerebral_Gyri_-_Medial_Surface1.png 2x" data-file-width="730" data-file-height="547" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Medial view of a halved human brain (Paracentral lobule labeled at top center, in blue.)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>lobulus paracentralis</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/NeuroNames" title="NeuroNames">NeuroNames</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1341">1341</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/14.1.09.209%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A14.1.09.209</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=5466">5466</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma77534">77534</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_neuroanatomy" title="Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy">Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3130956" class="extiw" title="d:Q3130956">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Neuroanatomy" title="Neuroanatomy">neuroanatomy</a>, the <b>paracentral lobule</b> is on the medial surface of the <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_hemisphere" title="Cerebral hemisphere">cerebral hemisphere</a> and is the continuation of the <a href="/wiki/Precentral_gyrus" title="Precentral gyrus">precentral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Postcentral_gyrus" title="Postcentral gyrus">postcentral gyri</a>. The paracentral lobule controls <a href="/wiki/Motor_neuron" title="Motor neuron">motor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sensory_neuron" title="Sensory neuron">sensory</a> innervations of the contralateral lower extremity. It is also responsible for control of <a href="/wiki/Blushing" title="Blushing">blushing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-o518_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-o518-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Defecation" title="Defecation">defecation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urination" title="Urination">urination</a>. </p><p>It includes portions of the <a href="/wiki/Frontal_lobe" title="Frontal lobe">frontal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parietal_lobe" title="Parietal lobe">parietal lobes</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-isbn1-58829-016-6_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbn1-58829-016-6-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The anterior portion of the paracentral lobule is part of the frontal lobe and contains a little portion of <a href="/wiki/Brodmann%27s_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Brodmann's area">Brodmann's area</a> 6 (SMA): this is because the <a href="/wiki/Paracentral_sulcus" title="Paracentral sulcus">paracentral sulcus</a> (branch of the cingulate sulcus) does not correspond to the <a href="/wiki/Precentral_sulcus" title="Precentral sulcus">precentral sulcus</a> on the medial plane.</li> <li>The posterior portion is considered part of the parietal lobe and deals with <a href="/wiki/Somatosensory" class="mw-redirect" title="Somatosensory">somatosensory</a> of the distal limbs.</li></ul> <p>While the boundary between the lobes, the <a href="/wiki/Central_sulcus" title="Central sulcus">central sulcus</a>, is easy to locate on the lateral surface of the cerebral hemispheres, this boundary is often discerned in a <a href="/wiki/Cytoarchitectonics" class="mw-redirect" title="Cytoarchitectonics">cytoarchetectonic</a> manner in cases where the central sulcus is not visible on the medial surface. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paracentral_lobule&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Neurons in paracentral lobule are concerned with: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Motor_neuron" title="Motor neuron">Motor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sensory_neuron" title="Sensory neuron">sensory</a> innervations of the contralateral lower extremity</li> <li>Regulation of physiological function such as blushing,<sup id="cite_ref-o518_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-o518-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> defecation and micturition</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Blood_supply">Blood supply</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paracentral_lobule&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Blood supply"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is supplied by branches of the <a href="/wiki/Anterior_cerebral_artery" title="Anterior cerebral artery">anterior cerebral artery</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applied_anatomy">Applied anatomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paracentral_lobule&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Applied anatomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Damage of paracentral lobule occurs from occlusion of anterior cerebral artery. Characteristic manifestations include: </p> <ul><li>Contralateral lower limb muscle weakness</li> <li>Urinary incontinence</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paracentral_lobule&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paracentral_lobule_animation_small.gif" class="mw-file-description" title="Animation. Paracentral lobule is shown in red."><img alt="Animation. Paracentral lobule is shown in red." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Paracentral_lobule_animation_small.gif/120px-Paracentral_lobule_animation_small.gif" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Paracentral_lobule_animation_small.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="150" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Animation. Paracentral lobule is shown in red.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Medial view of a human right cerebral hemisphere. Paracentral lobule is labeled at top center, in green."><img alt="Medial view of a human right cerebral hemisphere. Paracentral lobule is labeled at top center, in green." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png/120px-Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png/180px-Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png/240px-Medial_surface_of_cerebral_cortex_-_gyri.png 2x" data-file-width="1179" data-file-height="747" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Medial view of a human right <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_hemisphere" title="Cerebral hemisphere">cerebral hemisphere</a>. Paracentral lobule is labeled at top center, in green.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Medial view of a human right cerebral hemisphere. Paracentral lobule is labeled at top center, in blue."><img alt="Medial view of a human right cerebral hemisphere. Paracentral lobule is labeled at top center, in blue." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png/120px-Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png/180px-Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png/240px-Sobo_1909_632_-_Paracentral_lobule.png 2x" data-file-width="1363" data-file-height="879" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Medial view of a human right cerebral hemisphere. Paracentral lobule is labeled at top center, in blue.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cingulate sulcus defines the boundaries of the paracentral lobule."><img alt="Cingulate sulcus defines the boundaries of the paracentral lobule." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg/120px-Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg/180px-Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg/240px-Gray727_cingulate_sulcus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="598" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cingulate_sulcus" title="Cingulate sulcus">Cingulate sulcus</a> defines the boundaries of the paracentral lobule.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marginal sulcus. It defines the posterior boundary of the paracentral lobule."><img alt="Marginal sulcus. It defines the posterior boundary of the paracentral lobule." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg/120px-Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg/180px-Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg/240px-Gray727_marginal_sulcus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="598" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Marginal_sulcus" title="Marginal sulcus">Marginal sulcus</a>. It defines the posterior boundary of the paracentral lobule.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Paracentral sulcus. It defines the anterior boundary of the paracentral lobule."><img alt="Paracentral sulcus. It defines the anterior boundary of the paracentral lobule." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png/120px-Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png/180px-Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png/240px-Gray727_paracentral_sulcus.png 2x" data-file-width="1192" data-file-height="695" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Paracentral_sulcus" title="Paracentral sulcus">Paracentral sulcus</a>. It defines the anterior boundary of the paracentral lobule.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray727_central_sulcus.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central sulcus on the medial surface. It divides the paracentral lobule into the anterior part and the posterior part."><img alt="Central sulcus on the medial surface. It divides the paracentral lobule into the anterior part and the posterior part." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gray727_central_sulcus.svg/120px-Gray727_central_sulcus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gray727_central_sulcus.svg/180px-Gray727_central_sulcus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gray727_central_sulcus.svg/240px-Gray727_central_sulcus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="598" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Central_sulcus" title="Central sulcus">Central sulcus</a> on the medial surface. It divides the paracentral lobule into the anterior part and the posterior part.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Paracentral lobule, shown in the right cerebral hemisphere."><img alt="Paracentral lobule, shown in the right cerebral hemisphere." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png/120px-Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png/180px-Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png/240px-Paracentral_-_DK_ATLAS.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Paracentral lobule, shown in the right cerebral hemisphere.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paracentral_lobule&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-o518-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-o518_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-o518_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNikolićdi_PlinioSauterKeysers2024" class="citation journal cs1">Nikolić, Milica; 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Both</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postcentral_gyrus" title="Postcentral gyrus">Postcentral gyrus</a>/<a href="/wiki/Primary_somatosensory_cortex" title="Primary somatosensory cortex">Primary somatosensory cortex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_areas_3,_1_and_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Brodmann areas 3, 1 and 2">3, 1 and 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secondary_somatosensory_cortex" title="Secondary somatosensory cortex">Secondary somatosensory cortex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_5" title="Brodmann area 5">5</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_parietal_cortex" title="Posterior parietal cortex">Posterior parietal cortex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_7" title="Brodmann area 7">7</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Occipital_lobe" title="Occipital lobe">Occipital lobe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Superolateral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_pole_of_cerebrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Occipital pole of cerebrum">Occipital pole of cerebrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_gyri" title="Occipital gyri">Occipital gyri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_occipital_sulcus" title="Lateral occipital sulcus">Lateral occipital gyrus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_18" title="Brodmann area 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_19" title="Brodmann area 19">19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunate_sulcus" title="Lunate sulcus">Lunate sulcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_occipital_sulcus" title="Transverse occipital sulcus">Transverse occipital sulcus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medial/inferior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_cortex" title="Visual cortex">Visual cortex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Brodmann area 17">17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuneus" title="Cuneus">Cuneus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lingual_gyrus" title="Lingual gyrus">Lingual gyrus</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcarine_sulcus" title="Calcarine sulcus">Calcarine sulcus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Temporal_lobe" title="Temporal lobe">Temporal lobe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Superolateral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_temporal_gyrus" title="Transverse temporal gyrus">Transverse temporal gyrus</a>/<a href="/wiki/Auditory_cortex" title="Auditory cortex">Auditory cortex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_areas_41_and_42" title="Brodmann areas 41 and 42">41 and 42</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_temporal_gyrus" title="Superior temporal gyrus">Superior temporal gyrus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_38" title="Brodmann area 38">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_22" title="Brodmann area 22">22</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wernicke%27s_area" title="Wernicke's area">Wernicke's area</a> (<a href="/wiki/Planum_temporale" title="Planum temporale">Planum temporale</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_temporal_sulcus" title="Superior temporal sulcus">Superior temporal sulcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_temporal_gyrus" title="Middle temporal gyrus">Middle temporal gyrus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_21" title="Brodmann area 21">21</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medial/inferior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occipitotemporal_sulcus" title="Occipitotemporal sulcus">Occipitotemporal sulcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus" title="Fusiform gyrus">Fusiform gyrus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_37" title="Brodmann area 37">37</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_temporal_lobe" class="mw-redirect" title="Medial temporal lobe">Medial temporal lobe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_27" title="Brodmann area 27">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_28" title="Brodmann area 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_34" title="Brodmann area 34">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_35" class="mw-redirect" title="Brodmann area 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_36" class="mw-redirect" title="Brodmann area 36">36</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_temporal_sulcus" class="mw-redirect" title="Inferior temporal sulcus">Inferior temporal sulcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_temporal_gyrus" title="Inferior temporal gyrus">Inferior temporal gyrus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_20" title="Brodmann area 20">20</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sulcus_(neuroanatomy)" title="Sulcus (neuroanatomy)">Interlobar<br />sulci/fissures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Superolateral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_sulcus" title="Central sulcus">Central (frontal+parietal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_sulcus" title="Lateral sulcus">Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parieto-occipital_sulcus" title="Parieto-occipital sulcus">Parieto-occipital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preoccipital_notch" title="Preoccipital notch">Preoccipital notch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parahippocampal_gyrus" title="Parahippocampal gyrus">Parahippocampal gyrus</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>anterior</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Entorhinal_cortex" title="Entorhinal cortex">Entorhinal cortex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perirhinal_cortex" title="Perirhinal cortex">Perirhinal cortex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postrhinal_cortex" title="Postrhinal cortex">Postrhinal cortex</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_parahippocampal_gyrus" title="Posterior parahippocampal gyrus">Posterior parahippocampal gyrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prepyriform_area" title="Prepyriform area">Prepyriform area</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cingulate_cortex" title="Cingulate cortex">Cingulate cortex</a>/<a href="/wiki/Cingulate_gyrus" class="mw-redirect" 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href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_cingulate_gyrus" title="Isthmus of cingulate gyrus">Isthmus of cingulate gyrus</a>: <a href="/wiki/Retrosplenial_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Retrosplenial region">Retrosplenial cortex</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_26" title="Brodmann area 26">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_29" title="Brodmann area 29">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brodmann_area_30" title="Brodmann area 30">30</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hippocampal_formation" title="Hippocampal formation">Hippocampal formation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hippocampal_sulcus" title="Hippocampal sulcus">Hippocampal sulcus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbria_of_hippocampus" class="mw-redirect" title="Fimbria of hippocampus">Fimbria of hippocampus</a></li> <li><a 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