Frontal pole
Last revised by Liam Pugh
on 17 Jun 2020
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Di Muzio B, Pugh L, Hacking C, et al. Frontal pole. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 12 Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-34746
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- Frontal pole of the brain
The frontal pole is one of the three poles of the brain (along with the occipital pole and temporal pole), and corresponds to the anterior most rounded point of the frontal lobe.
It does not have easily defined boundaries, but is roughly equivalent to the frontopolar cortex, which in turn is continuous with the anterior margins of the gyri of the lateral, medial and inferior surfaces of the frontal lobe.
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