Lobe (anatomy)
In anatomy, a lobe is a clear anatomical division or extension of an organ that can be determined without the use of a microscope at the gross anatomy level. This is in contrast to the much smaller lobule, which is a clear division only visible under the microscope.
Interlobar ducts connect lobes and interlobular ducts connect lobules.
Examples of lobes
- The four main lobes of the brain
- *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 two lobes of the thymus
- The two and three lobes of the lungs
- *Left lung: superior and inferior
- *Right lung: superior, middle, and inferior
- The four lobes of the liver
- *Left lobe of liver
- *Right lobe of liver
- *Quadrate lobe of liver
- *Caudate lobe of liver
- The renal lobes of the kidney
- Earlobes
Examples of lobules
- the cortical lobules of the kidney
- the testicular lobules of the testis
- the lobules of the mammary gland
- the pulmonary lobules of the lung
- the lobules of the thymus