frontoparietal operculum ( OPRfp )

The term frontoparietal operculum (OPRfp) refers to the parts of the ventrolateral frontal lobe (FLB) and parietal lobe (PLB) that overlie the dorsal surface of the insula (INS) in the human ( Ture-1999 ) and the macaque ( Mesulam-1985). Identified by dissection, it includes the superior bank of the lateral fissure (ltf) and is separated from the INS by the superior limiting sulcus (slms). It is composed of the frontal operculum (OPRfr), the subcentral operculum (OPRsc) and the parietal operculum (OPRpr). It is not present in the smooth cerebral cortex (CTX) of the rat and mouse ( NeuroNames ). Updated 28 Aug 2024.

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
frontoparietal operculum English Mesulam-1985 Chapter 5, pp. 179-226 in Cerebral Cortex, Peters A and Jones EG (Eds), 1985 The insula of Reil in man and monkey: Architectonics, connectivity, and function macaque
frontoparietal operculum English Roberts-1970 Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1970 Atlas Of The Human Brain In Section human
OPRfp acronym NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
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