Tags: Anatomical Structure, Brain.
In human brain anatomy an operculum (Latin meaning little lid) (pl. opercula) may refer to the frontal operculum part of the frontal lobe or to the parietal operculum part of the parietal lobe or to the temporal operculum part of the temporal lobe which together cover the insula as the opercula of insula. It can also refer to the occipital operculum part of the occipital lobe.