frontal lobe

noun

, Anatomy.

frontal lobe

anatomy the anterior portion of each cerebral hemisphere, situated in front of the central sulcus

frontal lobe

/ frŭn′tl /

The largest and forwardmost lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, responsible for the control of skilled motor activity, including speech. Mood and the ability to think are also controlled by the frontal lobe.

First recorded in 1875–80

The doctors discovered the entry wound into the frontal lobe with a diameter about equal to that of a cigarette.

Covering her peroxide blond bob was a knit cap that sprouted an enormous feather and lace from its frontal lobe.

In the frontal lobe of the right hemisphere the first frontal convolution is quite regular.

Superfrontal, sū-pėr-fron′tal, adj. pertaining to the upper part of the frontal lobe of the brain.

You get its whole grisly story in three seconds, across your frontal lobe.

An ascending apical tube on the apex of the occipital lobe and a descending sternal tube on the base of the frontal lobe.

The middle (or central) lobe of the cephalis is simple, nearly cubical, and smaller than the ovate occipital and frontal lobe.

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