3b. cerebrocortex Flashcards
1
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what are Brodmann areas?
A
-originally defined/numbered based on cytoarchitectural organization of neurons
2
Q
what is Brodmann area 1, 2, 3?
A
primary somatosensory cortex
3
Q
what is Brodmann area 4
A
primary motor corex
4
Q
what is Brodmann area 17
A
primary visual cortex
5
Q
what is Brodmann areas 41 and 42?
A
primary auditory cortex
6
Q
what are Brodmann’s area 44 and 45?
A
Broca’s area/speech/language
7
Q
how can the association cortex be divided into?
A
- unimodal(modality-specific) association crotex
2. heteromodal (higher-order) association cortex
8
Q
what are examples of the unimodal association cortex?
A
-somatosensory association cortex, visual association cortex, auditory association cortex, motor association cortex
