Poles of cerebral hemispheres

Brain: Poles of cerebral hemispheres
Human brain lateral view (9=Polus frontalis, 10=Polus occipitalis, 11=Polus temporalis)
Lateral surface. (Frontal pole is approximately at 10, occipital pole is approximately at 17, and temporal pole is approximately at 38.
Latin	polus frontalis, polus occipitalis, polus temporalis
Gray's	subject #189 818

The anterior end of the hemisphere is named the frontal pole. (See also frontal lobe.)

The posterior end is named the occipital pole. (See also occipital lobe.)

The anterior end of the temporal lobe, the temporal pole. (See also temporal lobe.)

Gallery

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  Poles of cerebral hemispheres

    Frontal pole

    Temporal pole

    Occipital pole
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  Cerebrum viewed from bottom.

See also

• Lobes of the brain

External links

• Photo at umanitoba.ca
• NeuroNames hier-123 (occipital pole)
• NeuroNames hier-38 (frontal pole)
• NeuroNames hier-108 (temporal pole)

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.