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The lateral portions of the body of the fornix are joined by a thin triangular lamina, named the psalterium (lyra). This lamina contains some transverse fibers that connect the two hippocampi across the middle line and constitute the commissure of fornix (hippocampal commissure).
The terminal lamina creates the commisure plate. This structure gives existence to the corpus callosum, the septum pellucidum, and the fornix. The latter splits into two columnae fornicis (anterior), and then splits into two crus fornicis (posterior). These two crus are joined together through the commissura hippocampalis. The beginning of the splitting is called the psalterium or Lyra Davidis. The latter name is used because the structure resembles a lyra (or triangular harp): The two crus are the "chassis" of the lyra, and the commisure connections are the fibers.
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Brain: telencephalon (cerebrum, cerebral cortex, cerebral hemispheres) |
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Frontal lobe |
Precentral gyrus ( Primary motor cortex, 4)
Superior frontal gyrus/Frontal eye fields (6, 8, 9), Middle frontal gyrus (46), Inferior frontal gyrus/Broca's area (44-Pars opercularis, 45-Pars triangularis)
Orbitofrontal cortex (10, 11, 12, 47)
Prefrontal cortex, Premotor cortex
Precentral sulcus - Superior frontal sulcus - Inferior frontal sulcus - Olfactory sulcus
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Parietal lobe |
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Occipital lobe |
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Temporal lobe |
Primary auditory cortex ( 41, 42), Superior temporal gyrus ( 38, 22/ Wernicke's area), Middle temporal gyrus ( 21), Inferior temporal gyrus ( 20)
Fusiform gyrus ( 37) Medial temporal lobe ( Amygdala, Parahippocampal gyrus ( 27, 28, 34, 35, 36)
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Cingulate cortex/gyrus |
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Interlobar sulci/fissures |
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White matter tracts |
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Other |
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Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri. |
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