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prefrontal

/pree-fruhn-tl/US // priˈfrʌn tl //UK // (priːˈfrʌntəl) //

前额叶,前额腺,前额区,前额部

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Anatomy.

    • : anterior to, situated in, or pertaining to the anterior part of a frontal structure.

Examples

  • In that respect also, elderly people, their prefrontal cortex usually tends to degrade as well.

  • Called the prefrontal cortex, this region doesn’t fully develop until we are in our early 20s.

  • The high-fat diet may have made the prefrontal cortex in these mice work less effectively.

  • Another part of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex helps with decision-making.

  • When we’re awake, the prefrontal cortex keeps a close watch on what all those emotions are up to downstairs.

  • And there were still more radical procedures, prefrontal lobotomy for instance.

  • The relative lengths of the prefrontal and internasal sutures are subequal, or the prefrontal suture is slightly longer.

  • Each prefrontal (fig. 45, 14) forms part of the inner wall of the orbit and sends ventralwards a process which meets the palatine.

  • The supra-orbital is a very small loose bone lying in the eyelid close to the junction of the frontal and prefrontal.

  • The vomers terminate midway between the median nares and the descending process of the prefrontal.