English > cortical area: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | Any of various regions of the cerebral cortex. |
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| Synonym | cortical region |
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| Part of | cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex | The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum |
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| Narrower | Brodmann's area | One of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture |
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| association area, association cortex | cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information |
| auditory area, auditory cortex | The cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body |
| language area, language zone | A large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language |
| motor area, motor region, motor cortex, Rolando's area, excitable area | The cortical area that influences motor movements |
| sensorimotor area, sensorimotor region | An area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions |
| sensorium | The areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world |
| striate cortex, striate area, first visual area, area 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17 | The part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision |
| visual area, visual cortex | The cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus |
| Broader | area, region | A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve |
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| Spanish | área cortical, región cortical |
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| Catalan | àrea cortical, regió cortical |
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