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superior temporal gyrus (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term gyrus temporalis superior (par)
Official term superior temporal gyrus (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U6019
Unit type pair
Materiality material
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Link to the unit superior temporal gyrus (pair)
Links of entity generic: superior temporal gyrus
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
Level 3: telencephalon Short Extended
Level 4: temporal lobe (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: segment of organ Short Extended
Level 3: segment of neuraxis
Level 4: cerebral gyrus
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A superior temporal gyrus is a gyrus of temporal lobe [gyrus lobi temporalis ] which lies longitudinally in superiormost position on the lateral surface of the temporal lobe [lobus temporalis ] and is continuous posteriorly with the supramarginal gyrus [gyrus supramarginalis lobi parietalis ].
Notes
The Gyrus temporalis superior (Superior temporal gyrus; BA22) is not a homogeneous cortical area; it contains various cytoarchitectonically and functionally distinct cortical areas. Its Pars anterior (Anterior part or Belt area) forms the Secondary auditory cortex (BA42 or A2; see Morosan P, Rademacher J, Schleicher A, et al. 2001 Human primary auditory cortex: Cytoarchitecture, subdivisions and mapping into a spatial reference system. Neuroimage 13:684-701; Zilles and Amunts 2012). Its Pars posterior (Posterior part or Wernicke's area) is a loosely defined region which comprises the Posterior part of BA22 but also parts of the Inferior parietal lobule.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U5062
nervous system SOS
TAH:U5068
central nervous system SOS
TAH:U5257
encephalon SOS
TAH:U5262
prosencephalon SOS
TAH:U5264
telencephalon SOS
TAH:U12095
external morphology of telencephalon XOS
TAH:U5971
cerebral hemisphere (pair) UOX
TAH:U5974
cerebral lobes (pair) VOU
TAH:U6017
temporal lobe (pair) UOV
TAH:U8705
superolateral surface (pair) UOU
TAH:U6019 superior temporal gyrus (pair) UOU
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Taxonomy
Date: 25.06.2025