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Abstract
The part of the cerebral hemisphere anterior to the central sulcus, and anterior and superior to the lateral sulcus.
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- Frontal Cortex
- Lobus Frontalis
- Cortex, Frontal
- Frontal Cortices
- Frontal Lobes
- Lobe, Frontal
- Brodmann Area 8
- Brodmann's Area 8
- Frontal Eye Fields
- Supplementary Eye Field
- Area 8, Brodmann
- Area 8, Brodmann's
- Brodmanns Area 8
- Eye Field, Frontal
- Eye Field, Supplementary
- Eye Fields, Frontal
- Frontal Eye Field
- Supplementary Eye Fields
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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diseases: coordinate with BRAIN DISEASES; neoplasms: coordinate with BRAIN NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm
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WL 307
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Frontal Lobe. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005625. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005625
- Frontal Lobe. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontal_lobe
- Frontal Lobe. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q749520