The human brain anatomical regions are ordered following standard neuroanatomy hierarchies. Functional, connective, and developmental regions are listed in parentheses where appropriate.
Hindbrain (rhombencephalon)
Myelencephalon
Metencephalon
Pons verolli
Fourth ventricle
Cerebellum
Midbrain (mesencephalon)
Forebrain (prosencephalon)
Diencephalon
Epithalamus
Third ventricle
Thalamus
Hypothalamus (limbic system, HPA axis)
Subthalamus (HPA axis)
Pituitary gland (HPA axis)
Telencephalon (cerebrum) / Cerebral hemispheres
White matter
Subcortical
Rhinencephalon (paleocortex)
Cerebral cortex (neocortex)
- Frontal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary motor cortex (Precentral gyrus, M1)
- Premotor cortex
- Supplementary motor cortex
- Prefrontal cortex
- Orbitofrontal cortex
- Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
- Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex
- Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex
- Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
- Gyri
- Superior frontal gyrus
- Middle frontal gyrus
- Inferior frontal gyrus
- Brodmann areas: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47
- Parietal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary somatosensory cortex (S1)
- Secondary somatosensory cortex (S2)
- Posterior parietal cortex
- Gyri
- Postcentral gyrus (Primary somesthetic area)
- Other
- Precuneus
- Brodmann areas: 1, 2, 3 (Primary somesthetic area); 5, 7, 23, 26, 29, 31, 39, 40
- Occipital lobe
- Cortex
- Primary visual cortex (V1)
- V2
- V3
- V4
- Gyri
- Lateral occipital gyrus
- Other
- Cuneus
- Brodmann areas: 17 (primary visual cortex, V1); 18, 19
- Temporal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary auditory cortex (A1)
- Secondary auditory cortex (A2)
- Inferior temporal cortex
- V5/MT
- 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)
- Insular cortex
- Cingulate cortex
- Anterior cingulate
- Posterior cingulate
- Retrosplenial cortex
- Indusium griseum
- Subgenual area 25
- Brodmann areas: 23, 24; 26, 29, 30 (retrosplenial areas); 31, 32
Neural pathways
Motor systems / Descending fibers
Somatosensory system
Visual system
Auditory system
Nerves
Neuroendocrine systems
Neurovascular systems
Neurotransmitter pathways
Dural meningeal system
Limbic system
Other areas that have been included in the limbic system include the:
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