Temporal lobe
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Brain: Temporal lobe
Lobes of the human brain (the temporal lobe is shown in green)
Section of brain showing upper surface of temporal lobe.
Latin lobus temporalis
Part of Brain
Artery Middle cerebral and
Posterior cerebral
Posterior cerebral
The temporal lobes are parts of the cerebrum that are involved in speech, memory, and hearing. They lie at the sides of the brain, beneath the lateral or Sylvian fissure. Seen in profile, the human brain looks something like a boxing glove. The temporal lobes are where the thumbs would be.
The temporal lobe is involved in auditory processing and is home to the primary auditory cortex. It is also heavily involved in semantics both in speech and vision. The temporal lobe contains the hippocampus and is therefore involved in memory formation as well.
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Drawing to illustrate the relations of the brain to the skull.
Drawing showing the hippocampus in 3-Space.
Human brain showing the four major lobes of the cerebrum. Beneath the cerebral cortex are the cerebellum, pons, olive, and medulla oblongata
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
University of Idaho Temporal-lobe.com An interactive diagram of the rat parahippocampal-hippocampal region
