inferior temporal gyrus

Definition

Component of the temporal lobe, lateral aspect. The rostral boundary is the rostral extent of the inferior temporal sulcus whereas the caudal boundary is designated as the temporo-occipital incisure on the cortical surface. The occipitotemporal sulcus is the medial boundary and the inferior temporal sulcus is the lateral boundary (Christine Fennema-Notestine).

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Parts in this atlas

• right inferior temporal gyrus
• left inferior temporal gyrus

Neighbouring structures

• angular gyrus
• cingulate gyrus
• fusiform gyrus
• inferior frontal gyrus
• middle frontal gyrus
• middle temporal gyrus
• orbital gyrus
• parahippocampal gyrus
• postcentral gyrus
• precentral gyrus
• superior frontal gyrus
• supramarginal gyrus

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Identifiers

TA2

5497

TA98

A14.1.09.148

FMA

61907

UBERON

0002751

Wikidata

Q3063959