Inferior parietal lobule
| Inferior parietal lobule | |
|---|---|
 Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Inferior parietal lobule is shown in orange.) | |
.png) Superficial anatomy of the inferior parietal lobule.
Purple: Supramarginal gyrus
Blue: Angular gyrus
LS: Lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure), CS: Central sulcus, IPS: Intraparietal sulcus, STS:Superior temporal sulcus, PN: Preoccipital notch. | |
| Details | |
| 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 | |
The inferior parietal lobule (subparietal district) lies below the horizontal portion of the
Structure
It is divided from rostral to caudal into two gyri:
- One, the lateral fissure; it is continuous in front with the postcentral gyrus, and behind with the superior temporal gyrus.
- The second, the angular gyrus (BA 39), arches over the posterior end of the superior temporal sulcus, behind which it is continuous with the middle temporal gyrus.
In males, the inferior parietal lobule is significantly more voluminous in the left hemisphere compared to the right. This extreme asymmetry is not present in females, and may contribute to slight cognitive variations of both sexes.[2]
In macaque neuroanatomy, this region is often divided into caudal and rostral portions, cIPL and rIPL, respectively. The cIPL is further divided into areas Opt and PG whereas rIPL is divided into PFG and PF areas.[3]
Function
Inferior parietal lobule has been involved in the
Clinical significance
Destruction to the inferior parietal lobule of the dominant hemisphere results in
In other animals
Functional imaging experiments suggest that the left anterior supramarginal gyrus (aSMG) of the human inferior parietal lobule exhibits an evolved specialization related to tool use. It is not currently known if this functional specialization is unique to humans as complementary experiments have only been performed with macaque monkeys and not apes. The habitual use of tools by chimpanzees makes the uniqueness of the human aSMG an open question as its function may have evolved prior to the split from our last common ancestor.[6]
Additional images
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Animation. Inferior parietal lobule is shown in red. -
Lateral view of a human brain, main gyri labeled. -
Cerebrum. Lateral view. Deep dissection. -
Cerebrum. Lateral view. Deep dissection. -
Cerebrum. Lateral view. Deep dissection. -
Inferior parietal lobule, right hemisphere view. -
Inferior parietal lobule highlighted in green on coronal T1 MRI images -
Inferior parietal lobule highlighted in green on sagittal T1 MRI images -
Inferior parietal lobule highlighted in green on transversal T1 MRI images
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 823 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ "The Brain from top to bottom". 2011.
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- S2CID 34281911.
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Radua, Joaquim; Phillips, Mary L.; Russell, Tamara; Lawrence, Natalia; Marshall, Nicolette; Kalidindi, Sridevi; El-Hage, Wissam; McDonald, Colm; et al. (2010). "Neural response to specific components of fearful faces in healthy and schizophrenic adults". NeuroImage. 49 (1): 939–946. S2CID 6209163.
- ^ "Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry". 2003.
- ^ Peeters et al. 2009
General
- Peeters, R.; Simone, L.; Nelissen, K.; Fabbri-Destro, M.; Vanduffel, W.; Rizzolatti, G.; Orban, G. A. (September 16, 2009). "The Representation of Tool Use in Humans and Monkeys: Common and Uniquely Human Features". The Journal of Neuroscience. 29 (37): 11523–11539. PMID 19759300.
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