n
(anatomy) A major sulcus defining the primary visual cortex in apes and other monkey species.
n
(anatomy) A bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two temporal lobes of the cerebral hemispheres across the midline, and placed in front of the columns of the fornix.
n
(anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
adj
(anatomy) basal and thalamocortical
n
(neuroanatomy) An area of the frontal lobe of the brain associated with the control of speech.
n
(anatomy) The calcarine sulcus / calcarine fissure
n
(neuroanatomy) A fissure in the cerebral cortex of primates; it separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe
adj
(anatomy) In or from the centre of a parietal region.
adv
(anatomy) With regard to the centroparietal region.
adj
Carrying material towards the cerebrum
adj
(anatomy) cerebral and oculofacioskeletal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cingulate cortex and the operculum
adj
(anatomy) cortical and medial
adj
(anatomy) cortical and mesolimbic
adj
(anatomy) corticostriatal and limbic
adj
cortical and striatopallidal
adj
(anatomy) cortical and subthalamic
n
(anatomy) A major fissure in the brains of some mammals equivalent to the central sulcus of primates.
adj
(anatomy) entorhinal and hippocampal
n
(anatomy) The larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains the sagittal sinuses.
adj
(anatomy) fastigial and bulbar
n
(anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the forehead.
adj
Pertaining to the lower portion of the frontal lobes of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) frontal and cingulate
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the frontal lobe and insula (insular cortex).
adj
(neuroanatomy) Relating to the front of the limbic system
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the frontal lobe and the pons; applied to a group of fibers situated in the medial fifth of the base of the cerebral peduncles.
adj
At the front of the squamosal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the striatal structures of the frontal lobe.
adj
(anatomy) frontal and subcortical
adj
(anatomy) frontal and thalamic
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(anatomy) A structure within the temporal lobe of the human brain, believed to be involved in colour processing and the recognition of faces, bodies, and words.
adj
(anatomy) geniculate and calcarine
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to a gyrus
n
(neuroanatomy) a gyrus in the frontal lobe of the brain, adjacent to the longitudinal fissure
n
(neuroanatomy) A convolution of the cortex found in the lateral sulcus on the temporal lobe, and which is the first cortical structure to process incoming auditory information.
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(anatomy) An array of orientation columns in the visual cortex
adj
(anatomy) Below the tentorium cerebelli.
adj
(anatomy) insular and striatal
adj
Within a temple (of the head)
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(anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
n
The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.
n
(anatomy) A large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the middle of the nucleus accumbens
adj
(anatomy) mesofrontal and cortical
adj
(anatomy) mesolimbic and cortical
n
The middle of the striatum
n
(anatomy) A large flat muscle on each side of the vertex of the skull, consisting of an occipital portion (arising from the occipital and temporal bones) and a frontal portion that are separated by the epicranial aponeurosis, and serving to draw the scalp backwards, raising the eyebrows and wrinkling the forehead.
adj
(anatomy) occipital and pontine
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the orbital gyrus and the medial prefrontal cortex
adj
(anatomy) orbital and striatal
adj
(anatomy) pallidal and septal
adj
(anatomy) Palpebral and frontal.
adj
(anatomy) Alongside the brainstem
n
The medial prefrontal cortex of the human brain.
n
(anatomy) A cortical region of grey matter that surrounds the hippocampus.
adj
(anatomy) Adjacent to the pons.
adj
(anatomy) Beside the tentorium of the brain.
n
(anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain.
adv
(anatomy) With regard to other parietal structures.
adj
relating to the parietal and insular lobes of the brain
adj
(anatomy) Around the sylvian fissure in the cerebral cortex
n
(neuroanatomy) Initialism of prefrontal cortex. [(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.]
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the central sulcus
adj
posterior to the cerebellum
adj
(anatomy) posterior cerebral
n
(anatomy) A transverse commissure in the posterior part of the roof of the third ventricle of the brain; the posterior cerebral commissure.
adj
(anatomy) Behind the frontal bone
n
(anatomy) The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) In front of the calcarine sulcus
adj
In front of the cerebellum
adj
In front of a cingulum
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the precuneus
n
(anatomy) A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum.
n
(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.
adj
prefrontal and striatal
adj
(anatomy) Forward of the limbus of the fossa ovalis
adj
(anatomy) Near the front of the motor cortex; see premotor cortex
adj
(anatomy) rostral to the parasubthalamic nucleus
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the rubral area of the midbrain
adj
(anatomy) anterior to the somatomotor area of the brain
adj
(anatomy) anterior to the subgenual region of the brain
adj
(anatomy) In front of the supplementary motor area of the brain
adj
(anatomy) Anterior to the Sylvian fissure of the brain
adj
Of or pertaining to the pretectum.
adj
(anatomy) at the front of the head or of the encephalon
adj
(anatomy) In front of the auditory capsule.
adj
(anatomy) Describing an extension of the lateral sulcus on each hemisphere of the brain
adj
reticulate and geniculate
adj
(anatomy) septal and fimbrial
adj
Relating to, or connecting the septum and the temples (of the head)
n
(anatomy) A sinus on each side of the brain that is a continuation of the transverse sinus on the same side, follows an S-shaped course to the jugular foramen, and empties into the internal jugular vein.
adj
pallidostriatal and dentate
adj
(anatomy) Beneath the cerebral cortex
adj
(anatomy) Describing an area of the cerebral cortex of the brain (Brodmann area 25)
n
(anatomy) A layer of the cerebrum below the pallium.
adj
(anatomy) sulcal and gyral
adj
(anatomy) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
adj
(anatomy) Lying above the granular layer of the cerebellum
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the superior olivary complex
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Superior to a pons; as (usually, more specifically) superior to the pons Varolii.
n
(neuroanatomy) A fissure in the brain which divides the frontal lobe and parietal lobe above from the temporal lobe below.
n
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) One of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located behind the temples.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the temporal lobe and the limbic system.
adj
Of or pertaining to the tentorium.
adj
(anatomy) thalamic and cingulate
adj
(anatomy) Through or across the cerebrum.
adj
Beyond or across the medulla
adj
(anatomy) Across the temporal lobe of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) Through the tentorial notch
adj
(neuroanatomy) Of or pertaining to the trochlear nerve.
n
(anatomy) The posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, one of two parts of the cerebral cortex linked with speech (the other being Broca's area).
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