Meaning | A cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process. |
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Synonyms | center, centre, nerve centre |
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Narrower | Broca's area, Broca's center, Broca's gyrus, Broca's convolution, convolution of Broca | The motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people |
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Wernicke's area, Wernicke's center | The auditory word center |
auditory center | The part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve |
inferior colliculus | An essential auditory center in the midbrain |
respiratory center | The center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles |
rhinencephalon, olfactory brain | A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals |
superior colliculus | An essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex |
Broader | neural structure | A structure that is part of the nervous system |
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Spanish | centro nervioso |
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Catalan | centre nerviós |
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