lobe

Example Sentences

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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found overactivation in many brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes and the amygdala, in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders.

From Science Daily

The school says that the length of Darryl George’s hair, falling below his eyebrows and ear lobes, violates the school’s dress code.

From Seattle Times

These can appear in radio waves as two giant lobes when they hit gas surrounding the galaxy.

From Science Magazine

He had 13 hours of brain surgery, where they removed his front left lobe, with his right lobe left in place but permanently damaged.

From BBC

They discovered that these patients suffered immediate changes to the white matter in two areas of their brains: Their frontal lobes, which help manage thoughts, and in their cerebellums, which take charge of motor control.

From Salon