Temporal lobe

What, if anything, is the medial temporal lobe?

The temporal lobe is involved in auditory processing and language comprehension

• Cortex
  • Primary auditory cortex (A1)
  • Secondary auditory cortex (A2)
  • Inferior temporal cortex
  • Posterior inferior temporal cortex
• Gyri
  • Superior temporal gyrus
  • Middle temporal gyrus
  • Inferior temporal gyrus
  • Entorhinal cortex
  • Perirhinal cortex
  • Parahippocampal gyrus
  • Fusiform gyrus
• Brodmann areas: 20, 21, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42
• Other
  • Medial superior temporal area (MST)

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