Operculum (brain)
（重定向自Parietal operculum）
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![red:Brodmann area 41,
green:Brodmann area 42,
note 1: BA41 is bounded medially by Brodmann area 52 and laterally by BA42,
note 2: pSTG is posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus](/Images/godic/202502/01/Human_temporal_lobe_areas2351.png")
In human brain anatomy, an operculum (Latin, meaning "little lid") (pl. opercula), may refer to the frontal, temporal, or parietal operculum, which together cover the insula as the opercula of insula. It can also refer to the occipital operculum, part of the occipital lobe.