lobe

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Lobus (Pl .: Lobi or praise ; diminutive lobule , Latin 'lobe') stands

in anatomy for:

  • Occipital lobe , lobe of the cerebral cortex, see occipital lobe
  • Temporal lobe , lobe of the cerebral cortex, see temporal lobe
  • Frontal lobe , lobes of the cerebral cortex, see frontal lobe
  • Parietal lobe , brain lobe of the cerebral cortex, see parietal lobe
  • the lobes of the liver ( lobus dexter, sinister, caudatus and quadratus ), see liver
  • the lobes of the lungs ( lobus medius and inferior ), see lungs
  • Lobulus auriculae , the earlobe

in paleontology for:

  • an area of ​​the back shield of the trilobites
  • a lateral swimming process of the Anomalocarididae
  • a diagnostic element on the stone cores of fossil cephalopods, see line of praise
  • a form element of a certain category of trace fossils, see Cruziana

in glaciology for:

  • the foothills and partial bodies of continental ice sheets and foreland glaciers, see glacier tongue


Lobus also stands for:

  • Lobus (Toianas) , village in the Indonesian district of Toianas in West Timor