Brodmanns Areas

Question 1

Postcentral Gyrus

Answer 1

Functional Area: Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Function: Touch
BA: 1, 2, 3

Question 2

Precentral Gyrus

Answer 2

Functional Area: Primary Motor Cortex
Function: Voluntary movement control
BA: 4

Question 3

Superior parietal lobule

Answer 3

Functional Area: Tertiary somatosensory cortex; posterior parietal association area
Function: Stereognosis
BA: 5

Question 4

Precentral gyrus and rostral adjacent cortex

Answer 4

Functional Area: Supplementary motor cortex; supplementary eye field; premotor cortex; frontal eye fields
Function: Limb and eye movement planning
BA: 6

Question 5

Superior Parietal Lobe

Answer 5

Functional Area: Posterior parietal association area
Function: Visuomotor, perception
BA: 7

Question 6

Superior, middle frontal gyri, medial frontal lobe (x2)

Answer 6

Functional Area: Frontal eye fields
Function: Saccadic eye movements
BA: 8

Functional Area: Prefrontal association cortex; frontal eye fields
Function: Thought, cognition, movement planning
BA: 9-12

Question 7

Banks of calcarine fissure

Answer 7

Functional Area: Primary visual cortex
Function: Vision
BA: 17

Question 8

Medial and lateral occipital gyri (x2)

Answer 8

Functional Area: Secondary Visual Cortex
Function: Vision; depth
BA: 18

Functional Area: Tertiary visual cortex, middle temporal area
Function: vision, color, motion, depth
BA: 19

Question 9

Inferior Temporal Gyrus

Answer 9

Functional Area: Visual inferotemporal area
Function: Form vision
BA: 20

Question 10

Middle temporal gyrus

Answer 10

Functional Area: Visual inferotemporal area
Function: Form vision
BA: 21

Question 11

Superior temporal gyrus

Answer 11

Functional Area: Higher-order auditory cortex
Function: Hearing, speech
BA: 22

Question 12

Cingulate gyrus, subcallosal area, retrosplenial area, and parahippocampal gyrus

Answer 12

Functional Area: Limbic association cortex
Function: Emotions
BA: 23-27

Question 13

Parahippocampal gyrus (x2)

Answer 13

Functional Area: Primary olfactory cortex; limbic association cortex
Function: Smell, emotions
BA: 28

Functional Area: Primary olfactory cortex; limbic association cortex
Function: Smell, emotions
BA: 34-36

Question 14

Cingulate Gyrus and retrosplenial area

Answer 14

Functional Area: Limbic association cortex
Function: Emotions
BA: 29-33

Question 15

Middle and inferior temporal gyri at junction of temporal and occipital lobes

Answer 15

Functional Area: Pareital-temporal-occipital association cortex; middle temporal visual area
Function: Perception, vision, reading, speech
BA: 37

Question 16

Temporal Pole

Answer 16

Functional Area: Primary olfactory cortex; limbic association cortex
Function: Smell, emotions
BA: 38

Question 17

Inferior parietal lobule (angular gyrus)

Answer 17

Functional Area: Parietal-temporal-occipital association cortex
Function: Perception, vision, reading, speech
BA: 39

Question 18

Inferior parietal lobule (supramarginal gyrus)

Answer 18

Functional Area: Parietal-temporal-occipital association cortex
Function: Perception, vision, reading, speech
BA: 40

Question 19

Heschl’s gyri and superior temporal gyrus (x2)

Answer 19

Functional Area: Primary Auditory Cortex
Function: Hearing
BA: 41

Functional Area: Secondary auditory cortex
Function: Hearing
BA: 42

Question 20

Insular cortex, frontoparietal operculum

Answer 20

Functional Area: Gustatory cortex
Function: Taste
BA: 43

Question 21

Inferior frontal gyrus (frontal operculum) (x3)

Answer 21

Functional Area: Broca’s area; lateral premotor cortex
Function: Speech, movement, planning
BA: 44

Functional Area: Prefrontal association cortex
Function: Thought, cognition, planning behavior
BA: 45

Functional Area: Prefrontal association cortex
Function: Thought, cognition, planning behavior, aspects of eye movement control
BA: 47

Question 22

Middle frontal gyrus

Answer 22

Functional Area: Prefrontal association cortex (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex)
Function: Thought, cognition, planning behavior, aspects of eye movement control
BA: 46