II. Definitions
- Temporal Lobe
- Key to longterm visual memories, as well as processing visual and auditory (including language) input
- Supports spontaneous speech, repetition, comprehension, writing and naming
- Lesions may result in behavior change and Memory Loss
- Wernicke's Area (area 22, in the dominant hemisphere) is key to understanding speech and language
- Optic Radiations from the superior Visual Fields also pass through the Temporal Lobes (Quadrantanopia)
III. Anatomy: Brodmann Areas of Temporal Lobe
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- Wernicke's Area (Area 22)
- Dominant hemisphere lesions in Wernicke's Area result in Receptive Aphasia (auditory Aphasia)
- The patient does not understand speech (including their own speech)
- Auditory Area (Area 41, 42)
- Hearing typically has bilateral input and therefore a lesion affecting one side only may result in no deficit
- Hearing Deficits are typically distal to the exit of Cranial Nerve 8.
IV. History: Findings of pathology (e.g. Tumor)
- Behavior change
- Autistic symptoms
- Memory Loss
V. Exam: Dominant or Standard Aphasia Testing (normal findings)
- Spontaneous speech
- Repetition
- Comprehension
- Writing
- Naming
VI. Exam: Non-Dominant or Affect Interpretation (normal findings)
- Patient names affect in photo of faces or conveyed in examiner's voice
VII. Signs: Brain Lesions
- Complex Partial Seizures or Generalized Seizures
- Quadrantanopia (Vision Loss or anopia in a Visual Field quadrant)
- Behavioral alterations
- Receptive Aphasia (dominant hemisphere, Area 22)
VIII. References
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| Definition (FMA) | Temporal lobe is the ventrolateral lobe of five lobes comprising each cerebral hemisphere. It is bounded dorsally by the lateral fissure and posteriorly by an arbitrary border shared with the occipital lobe. |
| Definition (CHV) | the lower lateral lobe of either cerebral hemisphere |
| Definition (CHV) | the lower lateral lobe of either cerebral hemisphere |
| Definition (CHV) | the lower lateral lobe of either cerebral hemisphere |
| Definition (CHV) | the lower lateral lobe of either cerebral hemisphere |
| Definition (NCI_CDISC) | Lower lateral part of the cerebral hemisphere. (MSH2001) |
| Definition (NCI) | One of the cerebral lobes. It is located inferior to the frontal and parietal lobes and anterior to the occipital lobe. |
| Definition (MSH) | Lower lateral part of the cerebral hemisphere responsible for auditory, olfactory, and semantic processing. It is located inferior to the lateral fissure and anterior to the OCCIPITAL LOBE. |
| Definition (CSP) | lower lateral lobe of the cerebral hemisphere. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D013702 |
| SnomedCT | 78277001 |
| HL7 | TML |
| English | Temporal Lobes, Lobe, Temporal, Lobes, Temporal, Temporal Lobe, Tiss temporal lobe of brain, Tissue of temporal lobe of brain, Temporal cortex, temporal lobes, temporal lobe/cortex, temporal region, temporal lobe, temporal cortex, TL, Lobus temporalis, Temporal lobes, TEMPORAL LOBE, Cortices, Temporal, Temporal Cortex, Temporal Region, Temporal Cortices, Temporal Regions, Regions, Temporal, Cortex, Temporal, Region, Temporal, Temporal lobe, Temporal lobe structure (body structure), Temporal lobe structure, Temporal lobe, NOS |
| Swedish | Tinninglob |
| Czech | temporální lalok, spánkový lalok |
| Finnish | Ohimolohko |
| Russian | VISOCHNAIA DOLIA, RECHEVAIA ZONA SENSORNAIA, VERNIKE TSENTR, VERNIKE ZONA, ВЕРНИКЕ ЗОНА, ВЕРНИКЕ ЦЕНТР, ВИСОЧНАЯ ДОЛЯ, РЕЧЕВАЯ ЗОНА СЕНСОРНАЯ |
| Polish | Płat skroniowy |
| Croatian | TEMPORALNI REŽANJ |
| Norwegian | Temporallapp, Lobus temporalis, Tinninglapp |
| Spanish | estructura del lóbulo temporal (estructura corporal), estructura del lóbulo temporal, lóbulo temporal, Lóbulo Temporal |
| French | Lobe temporal |
| German | Temporallappen, Schläfenlappen |
| Italian | Lobo temporale |
| Dutch | Kwab, temporaal-, Lobus temporalis (cerebri), Temporaalkwab |
| Portuguese | Lobo Temporal |
Ontology: Superior temporal gyrus (C0152309)
| Definition (NCI) | A gyrus or ridge on the outer surface of the temporal lobe between the horizontal portion of the fissure of Sylvius and the superior temporal sulcus. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| MSH | D013702 |
| SnomedCT | 30143006 |
| English | Structure of superior temporal gyrus (body structure), Structure of superior temporal gyrus, Superior temporal gyrus structure (body structure), Superior temporal gyrus structure, Superior Temporal Convolution, STG, superior temporal gyrus, Gyrus temporalis superior, Superior Temporal Gyrus, Gyrus Temporalis Superior, Gyrus Temporalis Superiors, Superiors, Gyrus Temporalis, Superior, Gyrus Temporalis, Temporalis Superiors, Gyrus, Temporal Gyrus, Superior, Gyrus, Superior Temporal, Temporalis Superior, Gyrus, Superior temporal gyrus |
| Spanish | circunvolución temporal superior, estructura de la circunvolución temporal superior (estructura corporal), estructura de la circunvolución temporal superior |
Ontology: Structure of middle temporal gyrus (C0152310)
| Definition (NCI) | A gyrus or ridge on the outer surface of the temporal lobe between the superior and middle temporal sulci. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| SnomedCT | 35305002 |
| English | Intermediate temporal gyrus, Middle Temporal Gyrus, Middle Temporal Convolution, inferior temporal gyrus (Seltzer), intermediate temporal gyrus, MTG, middle temporal gyrus, Gyrus temporalis medius, Middle temporal gyrus, Structure of middle temporal gyrus (body structure), Structure of middle temporal gyrus |
| Spanish | circunvolución temporal media, estructura de la circunvolución temporal media (estructura corporal), estructura de la circunvolución temporal media |
Ontology: Structure of inferior temporal gyrus (C0152311)
| Definition (NCI) | A gyrus or ridge on the outer surface of the temporal lobe below the middle sulcus. |
| Concepts | Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component (T023) |
| SnomedCT | 73516003 |
| English | Lateral occipitotemporal gyrus (Heimer-83), Inferior Temporal Gyrus, Inferior Temporal Convolution, ITG, inferior temporal gyrus, lateral occipitotemporal gyrus (Heimer-83), Gyrus temporalis inferior, Inferior temporal gyrus, Structure of inferior temporal gyrus (body structure), Structure of inferior temporal gyrus |
| Spanish | circunvolución temporal inferior, estructura de la circunvolución temporal inferior (estructura corporal), estructura de la circunvolución temporal inferior |
