temporal pole

Anterior component of the temporal lobe (rostral boundary) extends caudally to the entorhinal cortex. The medial and lateral boundaries are the medial aspect of the temporal lobe and the superior or inferior temporal sulci, respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the temporal pole is

Anterior component of the temporal lobe (rostral boundary) extends caudally to the entorhinal cortex. The medial and lateral boundaries are the medial aspect of the temporal lobe and the superior or inferior temporal sulci, respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine). The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the temporal pole is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the temporal pole connects to

The atlas records 3 typed relationships for it, across 2 kinds of connection. part of cerebral hemisphere and temporal lobe.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the temporal pole. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as polus temporalis, temporal pole, cerebral cortex and temporopolar cortex. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002576, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the temporal pole?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the temporal pole connect to?

Part of: cerebral hemisphere and temporal lobe.

Is the temporal pole the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.