Concept information
Preferred term
temporal lobe
Definition
- A brain lobe “located mainly in the middle cranial fossa, a space located close to the skull base. It is anterior to the occipital lobe and posterior to the frontal lobe. It is found inferior to the lateral fissure, also known as the Sylvian fissure or the lateral sulcus.“ (Patel et al., 2022).
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- temporal cortex
- temporal region
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Patel, A., Biso, G. M. N. R., & Fowler, J. B. (2022). Neuroanatomy, Temporal Lobe. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519512/
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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cortex temporal
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région temporale
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-XVF3ZXDJ-V
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