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| a pair of the largest nerves in the body that originate in the lower back and extend down to above the knees, where they divide into other nerves |
| pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or collecting blood from within the skull |
| temporal lobe | |
| —n | |
| the laterally protruding portion of each cerebral hemisphere, situated below the parietal lobe and associated with sound perception and interpretation: it is thought to be the centre for memory recall | |
temporal lobe n.
The lowest of the major subdivisions of the cortical mantle of the brain, containing the sensory center for hearing and forming the rear two thirds of the ventral surface of the cerebral hemisphere. It is separated from the frontal and parietal lobes above it by the fissure of Sylvius.
| temporal lobe
The lobe of each cerebral hemisphere lying to the side and rear of the frontal lobe. The temporal lobe controls hearing and some aspects of language perception, emotion, and memory. |