middle temporal gyrus

Definition

Component of the temporal lobe, lateral aspect. The rostral boundary is the rostral extent of the superior temporal sulcus whereas the caudal boundary is the temporo-occipital incisure on the cortical surface. The superior temporal 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 middle temporal gyrus
• left middle temporal gyrus

Neighbouring structures

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

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Identifiers

TA2

5495

TA98

A14.1.09.146

FMA

61906

UBERON

0002771

Wikidata

Q5407200