Secondary cortical area: Posterior parietal association cortex

Question 1

Localisation

Answer 1

Parietal lobe: area 5, 7

Question 2

Function

Answer 2

• visually guided movements
  visual, accumulations of somatosensory informations
  (area 7 gives object orientation in space)
• touch guided movements

Question 3

Afferentation

Answer 3

• from the nearby visual area

- from the nearby somatosensory areas

Question 4

Efferentation

Answer 4

few fibers to corticospinal tract

• primary motor cortex!
• supplementary
• premotor cortex
• prefrontal association cortex
• frontal eye field