BRODMANN AREAS OF THE BRAIN Flashcards
Area responsible for appreciation and identification of sensation
AREAS 3, 1, & 2 - Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Area responsible for motor responses
AREA 4 - Primary Motor Cortex
Area responsible for ability to see
AREA 17 - Primary Visual Cortex
Damage to AREAS 17, 18, & 19
Cortical Blindness
Area responsible for eye movements
AREA 8 - Frontal Eye Fields
Areas responsible for associating our sensation
AREAS 5 & 7 - Somatosensory Association Cortex
Area that tailors Area 4’s generated response
AREA 6 - Premotor and Supplementary Motor Cortex
Pars triangularis Broca’s area
AREA 45
Areas responsible for our ability to hear
AREAS 41 & 42 - Primary and Auditory Association Cortex
Pars opercularis
AREA 44
Inability to verbalize thoughts
Broca’s Aphasia
Area that contains the Wernicke’s area
AREA 22 - Superior tempporal gyrus
Area responsible for indicating satisfaction
AREA 43 - Primary gustatory cortex
Areas that are considered to be a part of the Wernicke’s area
AREAS 39 - Angular gyrus
AREAS 40 - Supramarginal gyrus
Define Wernicke’s area
One’s ability to speak fluently