Cerebrum

• The cerebral hemispheres are developed from

the telencephalon and form the largest part of
the brain.
• Each hemisphere has a covering of gray
matter, the cortex and internal masses of gray
matter, the basal nuclei, and a lateral
ventricle.
 Subdivisions of the Cerebrum
• The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain,
situated in the anterior and middle cranial
fossae of the skull and occupying the whole
concavity of the vault of the skull.
• It may be divided into two parts:
• The diencephalon, which forms the central
core, and
• The telencephalon, which forms the cerebral
hemispheres.
 General Appearance of the Cerebral
Hemispheres
• The largest part of the brain
• Longitudinal cerebral fissure.
• Corpus callosum
• Horizontal fold of dura mater….Tentorium
cerebelli.
• To increase the surface area of the cerebral
cortex maximally, the surface of each cerebral
hemisphere is thrown into folds
• Gyri,
• Sulci or fissures.
• The central and parieto-occipital sulci and the
lateral and calcarine sulci are boundaries used
for the division of the cerebral hemisphere into
frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
 Lobes of the Cerebral Hemisphere
• Superolateral surface of the hemisphere
• The frontal lobe
• The parietal lobe
• The temporal lobe
• The occipital lobe
 The frontal lobe
• Sulci:
1. Precentral sulcus
2. Superior frontal sulcus
3. Inferior frontal sulcus
• Gyri:
1. Precentral gyrus
2. Superior frontal gyrus
3. Middle frontal gyrus
4. Inferior frontal gyrus
 The parietal lobe
• Sulci:
1. Postcentral sulcus
2. Intraprietal sulcus
• Gyri:
1. Postcentral gyrus
2. superior parietal lobule (gyrus)
3. inferior parietal lobule (gyrus)
 The temporal lobe
• Sulci:
1. Superior temporal sulci
2. middle temporal sulci
• Gyri:
1. Superior temporal gyrus
2. Middle temporal gyrus
3. inferior temporal gyrus
• the inferior temporal gyrus is continued onto the
inferior surface of the hemisphere
 The occipital lobe
• The occipital lobe occupies the small area
behind the parieto-occipital sulcus