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===Lobes=== {{See also|Lobes of the brain}} The larger sulci and gyri mark the divisions of the cortex of the cerebrum into the [[lobes of the brain]].<ref name="Roberts"/> There are four main lobes: the [[frontal lobe]], [[parietal lobe]], [[temporal lobe]], and [[occipital lobe]]. The [[insular cortex]] is often included as the insular lobe.<ref name="Nieuwenhuys">{{cite book | vauthors = Nieuwenhuys R |chapter=The insular cortex |title=Evolution of the Primate Brain |series=Progress in Brain Research |date=2012 |volume=195 |pages=123β63 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00007-6 |pmid=22230626|isbn=978-0-444-53860-4 }}</ref> The [[limbic lobe]] is a rim of cortex on the medial side of each hemisphere and is also often included.<ref name="Wiley">{{cite book | vauthors = Tortora G, Derrickson B |title=Principles of anatomy & physiology. |date=2011 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-470-64608-3 |page=549 |edition=13th.}}</ref> There are also three lobules of the brain described: the [[paracentral lobule]], the [[superior parietal lobule]], and the [[inferior parietal lobule]].
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