側そく頭とう葉よう

Similar words

• 前ぜん頭とう葉よう

  Refers to the frontal lobe, another major brain region.

• 頭とう頂ちょう葉よう

  Refers to the parietal lobe, located above the temporal lobe.

• 後こう頭とう葉よう

  Refers to the occipital lobe, at the back of the brain.

Etymology

Compound of 側頭 (そくとう, 'temple, side of the head') and 葉 (よう, 'lobe'), a calque from Western anatomical terminology.