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Middle frontal gyrus

Middle frontal gyrus

Part of the brain's frontal lobe

Not to be confused with Medial frontal gyrus.

The middle frontal gyrus makes up about one-third of the frontal lobe of the human brain. (A gyrus is one of the prominent "bumps" or "ridges" on the surface of the human brain.)

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The middle frontal gyrus, like the inferior frontal gyrus and the superior frontal gyrus, is more of a region in the frontal gyrus than a true gyrus.

The borders of the middle frontal gyrus are the inferior frontal sulcus below; the superior frontal sulcus above; and the precentral sulcus behind.[1]

Additional images

  • Position of middle frontal gyrus (shown in red).
  • Left cerebral hemisphere seen from above.
  • Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere.
  • Lateral surface of right cerebral hemisphere. Middle frontal gyrus is noted by red arrows.
  • Cerebrum. Lateral view.Deep dissection.
  • Cerebrum. Lateral view.Deep dissection.
  • Cerebrum. Lateral view.Deep dissection.
  • Rostral middle frontal gyrus.
  • Caudal middle frontal gyrus.
  • Middle frontal gyrus highlighted in green on coronal T1 MRI images
  • Middle frontal gyrus highlighted in green on sagittal T1 MRI images
  • Middle frontal gyrus highlighted in green on transversal T1 MRI images

References

  1. [1]
    Briggs, Robert G.; Lin, Yueh-Hsin; Dadario, Nicholas B.; Kim, Sihyong J.; Young, Isabella M.; Bai, Michael Y.; Dhanaraj, Vukshitha; Fonseka, R. Dineth; Hormovas, Jorge; Tanglay, Onur; Chakraborty, Arpan R.; Milligan, Ty M.; Abraham, Carol J.; Anderson, Christopher D.; Palejwala, Ali H.; Conner, Andrew K.; O'Donoghue, Daniel L.; Sughrue, Michael E. (June 2021). "Anatomy and White Matter Connections of the Middle Frontal Gyrus". World Neurosurgery. 150: e520–e529. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.045. PMID 33744423. S2CID 232310374.
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