Poles of cerebral hemispheres

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Brain: Poles of cerebral hemispheres
Principal fissures and lobes of the cerebrum viewed laterally. (Poles visible but not labeled.)
Lateral surface. (Frontal pole is approximately at 10, occipital pole is approximately at 17, and temporal pole is approximately at 38.
Gray's subject #189 818

The anterior end of the hemisphere is named the frontal pole. (See also frontal lobe.)

The posterior end is named the occipital pole. (See also occipital lobe.)

The anterior end of the temporal lobe, the temporal pole. (See also temporal lobe.)

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