Orbital gyri

Orbital gyri
Human brain bottom view. Orbital gyri shown in green.
Orbital surface of left frontal lobe. Orbital gyri shown in orange.
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Identifiers
Latin	gyrus orbitales
NeuroLex ID	Orbital gyri complex
TA	A14.1.09.216
FMA	72020
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy []

The inferior or orbital surface of the frontal lobe is concave, and rests on the orbital plate of the frontal bone. It is divided into four orbital gyri by a well-marked H-shaped orbital sulcus. These are named, from their position, the medial, anterior, lateral, and posterior orbital gyri. The medial orbital gyrus presents a well-marked antero-posterior sulcus, the olfactory sulcus, for the olfactory tract; the portion medial to this is named the straight gyrus, and is continuous with the superior frontal gyrus on the medial surface.

Bailey and Bremer reported that stimulation to the central end of the vagus nerve caused electrical activity in the inferior orbital surface (http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/75/2/244)

Orbital gyri shown in red.

Orbital surface of brain.

Close up of orbital gyri.

Human brain bottom view. Oribital gyri shown in red.

Human brain bottom view. Oribital gyri not labelled, but seen at top.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)