Superior frontal sulcus

Superior frontal sulcus
Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.
Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from above.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	sulcus frontalis superior
NeuroNames	61
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1030
TA98	A14.1.09.122
TA2	5455
FMA	83755
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The superior frontal sulcus is a sulcus between the superior frontal gyrus and the middle frontal gyrus, that defines the lateral limit of the Superior frontal gyrus.^[1]

See also

Inferior frontal sulcus

Additional images

Human brain seen from top. Superior frontal sulcus labelled as #7.

References

^ Drudik, K.; Petrides, M. (2024). "The superior frontal sulcus in the human brain: Morphology and probability maps". Human Brain Mapping. 45 (5): e26635. doi:10.1002/hbm.26635. PMC 10973775. PMID 38544425.

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Anatomy of the cerebral cortex of the human brain

Superolateral

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus 4 6 8 Middle frontal gyrus 9 10 46 Inferior frontal gyrus: 11 47-Pars orbitalis Broca's area 44-Pars opercularis 45-Pars triangularis Superior frontal sulcus Inferior frontal sulcus
Precentral	Precentral gyrus Precentral sulcus

Medial/inferior

Prefrontal	Superior frontal gyrus 4 6 Medial frontal gyrus 8 9 Paraterminal gyrus/Paraolfactory area 12 Straight gyrus 11 Orbital gyri/Orbitofrontal cortex 10 11 12 Ventromedial prefrontal cortex 10 Subcallosal area 25 Olfactory sulcus Orbital sulcus
Precentral	Paracentral lobule 4 Paracentral sulcus

Both

Superolateral	Superior parietal lobule 5 7 Inferior parietal lobule 40-Supramarginal gyrus 39-Angular gyrus Parietal operculum 43 Intraparietal sulcus
Medial/inferior	Paracentral lobule 1 2 3 5 Precuneus 7 Marginal sulcus
Both	Postcentral gyrus/Primary somatosensory cortex 3, 1 and 2 Secondary somatosensory cortex 5 Posterior parietal cortex 7

Superolateral	Occipital pole of cerebrum Occipital gyri Lateral occipital gyrus 18 19 Lunate sulcus Transverse occipital sulcus
Medial/inferior	Visual cortex 17 Cuneus Lingual gyrus Calcarine sulcus

Superolateral	Transverse temporal gyrus/Auditory cortex 41 and 42 Superior temporal gyrus 38 22/Wernicke's area (Planum temporale) Superior temporal sulcus Middle temporal gyrus 21
Medial/inferior	Occipitotemporal sulcus Fusiform gyrus 37 Medial temporal lobe 27 28 34 35 36 Inferior temporal sulcus Inferior temporal gyrus 20

Interlobar
sulci/fissures

Superolateral	Central (frontal+parietal) Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal) Parieto-occipital Preoccipital notch
Medial/inferior	Longitudinal fissure Cingulate (frontal+cingulate) Collateral (temporal+occipital) Callosal sulcus

Parahippocampal gyrus	anterior Entorhinal cortex Perirhinal cortex Postrhinal cortex Posterior parahippocampal gyrus Prepyriform area
Cingulate cortex/gyrus	Subgenual area 25 Anterior cingulate 24 32 33 Posterior cingulate 23 31 Isthmus of cingulate gyrus: Retrosplenial cortex 26 29 30
Hippocampal formation	Hippocampal sulcus Fimbria of hippocampus Dentate gyrus Rhinal sulcus
Other	Indusium griseum Uncus Amygdala

Insular cortex

General

Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.

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