cortical region
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1. any of various regions of the cerebral cortex (noun.body)
hypernym | : | area, region, |
definition | : | a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | association area, association cortex, |
definition | : | cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | auditory area, auditory cortex, |
definition | : | the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | brodmann's area, |
definition | : | one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | language area, language zone, |
definition | : | a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | sensorium, |
definition | : | the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | sensorimotor area, sensorimotor region, |
definition | : | an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | visual area, visual cortex, |
definition | : | the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus (noun.body) |
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