MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Frontal Lobe
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270
Unique ID: D005625
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005625
Annotation: diseases: coordinate with BRAIN DISEASES; neoplasms: coordinate with BRAIN NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm
Scope Note: The part of the cerebral hemisphere anterior to the central sulcus, and anterior and superior to the lateral sulcus.
Entry Term(s): Brodmann Area 8; Brodmann's Area 8; Frontal Cortex; Frontal Eye Fields; Lobus Frontalis; Supplementary Eye Field
NLM Classification #: WL 307
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Frontal Lobe MeSH Descriptor Data 2025