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In anatomy, a 'lobe' is a clear anatomical division or extension^[1][1] that can be determined without the use of a microscope (at the gross anatomy level.) This is in contrast to a 'lobule', which is a clear division only visible histologically. ^[3]
In practice, this division can be somewhat subjective. For example, it can be difficult to precisely distinguish between a interlobar duct and a interlobular duct.
Furthermore, the distinction is not universally accepted, and some sources simply consider a lobule to be a small lobe.^[1]

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Examples of lobes

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Examples of lobes

★ Divisions of the brain. In humans there are four lobes:

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★ the frontal lobe

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★ the parietal lobe

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★ the occipital lobe

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★ the temporal lobe

★ the earlobe

★ lobes of the lung

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★ Right lung: superior, middle, inferior

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★ Left lung: superior and inferior

★ the liver

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★ Left lobe of liver

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★ Right lobe of liver

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★ Quadrate lobe of liver

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★ Caudate lobe of liver

★ the kidney

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★ Renal lobe and cortical lobule

References

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3. http://www.siumed.edu/~dking2/intro/glands.htm#5
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