THE FRONTAL

LOBES
BY:
REZA AKBAR BASTIAN

EMBRIOLOGY

 THE TWO MAIN SULCI ARE THE SUPERIOR

AND INFERIOR FRONTAL SULCI.
1. THE SUPERIOR,
2. MIDDLE, AND
3. INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRI.

 THE ANTERIOR HORIZONTAL, THE ANTERIOR ASCENDING, AND

THE POSTERIOR RAMI OF THE SYLVIAN FISSURE DIVIDE THE
INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS INTO THREE PARTS:

1. THE PARS ORBITALIS,

2. TRIANGULARIS, AND
3. OPERCULARIS.

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AREA 4 IS THE PRIMARY MOTOR AREA IN THE PRECENTRAL
GYRUS. LARGE PYRAMIDAL NEURONS (BETZ'S CELLS) AND
SMALLER NEURONS IN THIS AREA GIVE RISE TO MANY AXONS
THAT DESCEND AS THE CORTICOSPINAL TRACT.

AREA 6 (THE PREMOTOR AREA) CONTAINS A SECOND

MOTOR MAP. SEVERAL OTHER MOTOR ZONES, INCLUDING THE
SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA

 AREA 8 (THE FRONTAL EYE FIELD) IS CONCERNED WITH EYE

MOVEMENTS.

AREAS 44 AND 45 (BROCA'S AREA) ARE LOCATED ANTERIOR

TO THE MOTOR CORTEX CON- TROLLING THE LIPS AND TONGUE.
BROCA'S AREA IS AN IMPORTANT AREA FOR SPEECH.

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