frontal lobe

part of the brain that, because of how large it is, it's responsible for many functions, such as motor control, executive functions, language production, emotional regulation, working memory, and personality
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frontal lobe

Summary

frontal lobe is a brain region[1]. It draws 3,622 Wikipedia views per month (brain_region category, ranking #7 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • frontal lobe's instance of is recorded as brain region[3].
  • frontal lobe's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • frontal lobe is a type of cerebral lobe[5].
  • frontal lobe is a type of lobe of cerebral hemisphere[6].
  • frontal lobe is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • frontal lobe is part of cerebrum[8].
  • frontal lobe is part of cerebral hemisphere[9].
  • frontal lobe's Commons category is recorded as Frontal lobe[10].
  • frontal lobe comprises inferior frontal gyrus[11].
  • frontal lobe comprises prefrontal cortex[12].
  • frontal lobe comprises premotor cortex[13].
  • frontal lobe comprises supplementary motor area[14].
  • frontal lobe comprises frontal eye field[15].
  • frontal lobe comprises primary motor cortex[16].
  • frontal lobe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Frontal lobe[17].
  • frontal lobe's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[18].
  • frontal lobe's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12352[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include brain region[3] and class of anatomical entity[4]. Recorded subclass of include cerebral lobe[5], lobe of cerebral hemisphere[6], and particular anatomical entity[7].

Use and Application

Components include inferior frontal gyrus[11], a gyrus[20]; prefrontal cortex[12], a brain region[21]; premotor cortex[13], a brain region[22]; supplementary motor area[14], a brain region[23]; frontal eye field[15], a brain region[24]; and primary motor cortex[16], a brain region[25]. Part of include cerebrum[8], a brain region[26] and cerebral hemisphere[9], a class of anatomical entity[27].

Why It Matters

frontal lobe draws 3,622 Wikipedia views per month (brain_region category, ranking #7 of 61).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Terminologia Anatomica. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Terminologia Anatomica. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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