Anatomy study note · Head and neck

Superior temporal gyrus

The gyrus immediately below the lateral sulcus; its middle part is the auditory area, receiving and interpreting sound.

Key points

• Below the lateral sulcus (temporal lobe).
• Middle part = auditory area.
• Supplied by the middle cerebral artery.
• Cerebral hemisphere: telencephalon.
• Cortex = grey matter on the surface, white matter beneath.
• CNS myelin: oligodendrocytes.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 12, PDF pp. 1562–1564
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 17, PDF pp. 312, 334, 345
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 9, PDF pp. 163, 169–170

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