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| Brain: Orbital gyri | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human brainstem anterior view (Gyri orbitales is #6 at upper right) | ||
| Orbital surface of left frontal lobe. | ||
| Latin | gyrus orbitales | |
| Gray's | subject #189 822 | |
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| BrainInfo/UW | - | |
| MeSH | [1] | |
The inferior or orbital surface of the frontal lobe is concave, and rests on the orbital plate of the frontal bone. It is divided into four orbital gyri by a well-marked H-shaped orbital sulcus. These are named, from their position, the:
- medial orbital gyri
- anterior orbital gyri
- lateral orbital gyri
- posterior orbital gyri.
The medial orbital gyrus presents a well-marked antero-posterior sulcus, the olfactory sulcus, for the olfactory tract; the portion medial to this is named the straight gyrus, and is continuous with the superior frontal gyrus on the medial surface.
Function[]
Bailey and Bremer reported that stimulation to the central end of the vagus nerve caused electrical activity in the inferior orbital surface. (http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/75/2/244)
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