Superior view of cerebral hemispheres and cortical sulci

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Superior view of cerebral hemispheres and cortical sulci. Superior view of the brain.

Region

brain

Structure

cerebral hemisphere

View

superior

System

cortex

Focus

superolateral cerebral cortex, frontal lobe gyri and sulci, central sulcus region, parietal and occipital cortical landmarks

Structures labelled on this plate

• superior frontal gyrus
• frontal pole
• longitudinal fissure of cerebrum
• superior frontal sulcus
• middle frontal gyrus
• middle frontal sulcus
• precentral sulcus
• anterior central gyrus
• central sulcus
• lateral cerebral fissure supramarginal gyrus
• interparietal sulcus
• superior temporal sulcus
• angular gyrus
• inferior parietal lobule
• posterior central gyrus
• superior parietal lobule
• superior occipital gyri
• occipital pole
• parieto-occipital fissure
• marginal portion of sulcus cinguli

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.