Lobe (anatomy)
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In anatomy, a lobe is a clear anatomical division or extension of an organ (such as the brain, the breast or the kidney) that can be determined without the use of a microscope at the gross anatomy level. This is in contrast to a lobule, which is a clear division only visible histologically.
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Examples of lobes/lobules
- The four lobes of the human cerebral cortex
- the frontal lobe
- the parietal lobe
- the occipital lobe
- the temporal lobe
- The three lobes of the human cerebellum
- the flocculonodular lobe
- the anterior lobe
- the posterior lobe
- the earlobe
- lobes of the lung
- Right lung: superior, middle, inferior
- Left lung: superior and inferior
- the liver
- the kidney
- the testicular lobules
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