AREAS OF THE CORTEX


The above figure is numbered according to Brodman's areas.
Broadman's # NAME FUNCTION
17 Occipital Lobe Visual Projection Cortex
18 Visual Association Cortex
19 Posterior Parietal Lobe Visual Association Cortex
37 Tempero-parietal-occipital area General Sensory Association Cortex
39 Angular Gyrus Word Recognition
40 Supramarginal Lobe Somatosensory Association Cortex
1,2,3 Postcentral Gyrus Somatosensory Projection Cortex
5, 7 Superior Parietal Lobule General Sensory Association Cortex
41, 42 Middle 1/3 of Superior Temporal Cortex Auditory Projection Cortex
22 Superior Temporal Gyrus Auditory Association Cortex
21, 20, 38 Inferior Temporal Cortex General Sensory Association Cortex
4 Precentral Gyrus Primary Motor Cortex
1,2,3 Postcentral Gyrus Somatosensory Projection Cortex
6,8,9 Premotor Cortex Motor Association Cortex
41, 42 Middle 1/3 of Superior Temporal Cortex Auditory Projection Cortex
44,45,46 Broca's Area Motor Association Cortex - Specific to speech
10 Preftontal Cortex General Motor Association Cortex
11 Orbital Gyri General Motor Association Cortex
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