Operculum (brain) 3955724 219255785 2008-06-14T09:53:53Z SilvonenBot 6351353 robot Modifying: [[fi:Operculum (aivot)]] {{Infobox Brain| Name = Operculum (brain) | Latin = | GraySubject = 189 | GrayPage = 825 | Image = Operculum.png | Caption = Operculum | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Width = 350 | IsPartOf = | Components = | Artery = | Vein = | BrainInfoType = | BrainInfoNumber = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = o_04 | DorlandsSuf = 12592993 | }} The '''operculum''' is partly in the most posterior portion of the [[inferior frontal gyrus]] of the [[frontal lobe]] in the [[brain]]. One famous part of the operculum is [[Broca's area]] which plays an important role in conversation or [[Speech communication|speech]] production, [[Reading (activity)|reading]] and [[writing]]. Its vascular supply comes from the M3 branches of the [[middle cerebral artery]]. [[Autopsy|Post-mortem]], the parietal operculum of [[Albert Einstein's brain]] was found to be malformed.<ref name=AIP>American Institute of Physics writer (2006). [http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/einbrain_text.htm "Was Einstein's Brain Different?"] AIP.org (accessed July 17, 2006)</ref> ==Notes== <!--<nowiki> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref> and </ref> tags, and the template below </nowiki>--> {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[Pars opercularis]] * [[Parietal operculum]] * [[Insular cortex]] * [[Operculum]] {{neuroscience-stub}} [[de:Operculum (Anatomie)]] [[fi:Operculum (aivot)]]