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Inferior parietal lobule
Portion of the parietal lobe of the brain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The inferior parietal lobule (subparietal district) lies below the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus, and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus. Also known as Geschwind's territory after Norman Geschwind, an American neurologist, who in the early 1960s recognised its importance.[1] It is a part of the parietal lobe.
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Inferior parietal lobule | |
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![]() Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Inferior parietal lobule is shown in orange.) | |
![]() Superficial anatomy of the inferior parietal lobule.
LS: Lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure), CS: Central sulcus, IPS: Intraparietal sulcus, STS:Superior temporal sulcus, PN: Preoccipital notch. | |
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Part of | Parietal lobe |
Identifiers | |
Latin | Lobulus parietalis inferior |
NeuroNames | 107 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1194 |
TA98 | A14.1.09.125 |
TA2 | 5471 |
FMA | 77536 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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