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Broadmann's Areas
Broadmann's Numbers for areas of the Cerebral Cortex
11
Medical
Professional
02/08/2011

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Term
Primary Motor Cortex
Definition

4

(in the frontal lobe)

Term
Premotor Cortex
Definition

6

(anterior to primary motor cortex in frontal lobe)

Term
Broca's Area
Definition

44, 45

on left side, usually

(in frontal lobe)

 

*Responsible for speech production/language outputs

Term
Prefrontal Cortex
Definition

anterior to 4 & 6

 

Responsible for executive functions i.e. planning, foresight, insight, personality & working memory

Term
Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Definition

3,1,2

(in parietal lobe)

Term
Somatosensory Association Cortex
Definition

5,7

(posterior to primary somatosensory cortex in parietal lobe)

 

*Damage leads to agnosia

Term
Primary Visual Cortex
Definition

17

(occipital lobe)

Term
Visual Association Cortex
Definition

18,19

(surrounding primary visual cortex in occipital lobe)

Term
Primary Auditory Cortex
Definition

41

(in temporal lobe)

Term
Auditory Association Cortex
Definition

22, 42

(in temporal lobe)

*22 is also Wernicke's Area

Term
Wernicke's Area
Definition

22

(in temporal lobe)

 

Involved in speech processing/language inputs

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