Superior frontal sulcus

Brain: Superior frontal sulcus

Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.

Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from above.
Latin	sulcus frontalis superior
Gray's	subject #189 821
NeuroNames	hier-42
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1030

The superior frontal sulcus is a sulcus between the superior frontal gyrus and the middle frontal gyrus.

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Human brain - left and right hemispheres - superior-lateral view

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Superolateral

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus (4l, 6l, 8l) · Middle frontal gyrus (9l, 10l, 46) Inferior frontal gyrus: 11l · 47-Pars orbitalis · Broca's area (44-Pars opercularis, 45-Pars triangularis) Superior frontal sulcus · Inferior frontal sulcus

Precentral	Precentral gyrus · Precentral sulcus

Medial/inferior

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus (4m, 6m) · Medial frontal gyrus (8m, 9m) Paraterminal gyrus/Paraolfactory area (12) · Straight gyrus (11m) · Orbital gyri/Orbitofrontal cortex (10m, 11m, 12) · Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (10m) · Subcallosal area (25) Olfactory sulcus · Orbital sulci

Precentral	Paracentral lobule (4) · Paracentral sulcus

Both

Superolateral	Superior parietal lobule (5l, 7l) · Inferior parietal lobule (40-Supramarginal gyrus, 39-Angular gyrus) · Parietal operculum (43) Intraparietal sulcus

Medial/inferior	Paracentral lobule (1m, 2m, 3m, 5m) · Precuneus (7m) Marginal sulcus

Both	Postcentral gyrus/primary somatosensory cortex (1 · 2 · 3) · Secondary somatosensory cortex (5) · Posterior parietal cortex (7)

Superolateral	Occipital pole of cerebrum · Lateral occipital gyrus (18, 19) · Lunate sulcus · Transverse occipital sulcus

Medial/inferior	Primary visual cortex (17) · Cuneus · Lingual gyrus Calcarine fissure

Superolateral	Transverse temporal gyrus/Primary auditory cortex (41, 42) · Superior temporal gyrus (38, 22/Wernicke's area) · Middle temporal gyrus (21) · Inferior temporal gyrus (20) Superior temporal sulcus · Inferior temporal sulcus

Medial/inferior	Fusiform gyrus (37) Medial temporal lobe ((27 · 28 · 34 · 35 · 36)) Inferior temporal sulcus

Superolateral	Central (frontal+parietal) · Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal) · Parieto-occipital · Preoccipital notch

Medial/inferior	Medial longitudinal · Cingulate (frontal+cingulate) · Collateral (temporal+occipital) · Callosal sulcus

Parahippocampal gyrus	anterior (Entorhinal cortex, Perirhinal cortex) · Posterior parahippocampal gyrus · Prepyriform area

Cingulate cortex/gyrus	Subgenual area (25) · Anterior cingulate (24, 32, 33) · Posterior cingulate (23, 31) Isthmus of cingulate gyrus: Retrosplenial cortex (26, 29, 30)

Hippocampal formation	Hippocampal sulcus · Fimbria of hippocampus · Dentate gyrus

Other	Supracallosal gyrus · Uncus

General

Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.

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