TEMPORAL LOBE
Dictionary entry overview: What does temporal lobe mean?
• TEMPORAL LOBE (noun)
The noun TEMPORAL LOBE has 1 sense:
1. that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head
Familiarity information: TEMPORAL LOBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TEMPORAL LOBE (noun)
Meaning:
That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("temporal lobe" is a kind of...):
lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)
Meronyms (parts of "temporal lobe"):
temporal gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum)
amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum (an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior)
Holonyms ("temporal lobe" is a part of...):
cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)
