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cortical area ThesaurusNoun | 1. | cortical area - any of various regions of the cerebral cortexcortical regionregion, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrumassociation area, association cortex - cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of informationauditory area, auditory cortex - the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate bodyBrodmann's area - one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecturelanguage area, language zone - a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with languageexcitable area, motor area, motor cortex, motor region, Rolando's area - the cortical area that influences motor movementssensorium - the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the worldsensorimotor area, sensorimotor region - an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functionsvisual area, visual cortex - the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamusarea 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex - the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision |
cortical area
Synonyms for cortical areanoun any of various regions of the cerebral cortexSynonymsRelated Words- region
- area
- cerebral cortex
- cerebral mantle
- cortex
- pallium
- association area
- association cortex
- auditory area
- auditory cortex
- Brodmann's area
- language area
- language zone
- excitable area
- motor area
- motor cortex
- motor region
- Rolando's area
- sensorium
- sensorimotor area
- sensorimotor region
- visual area
- visual cortex
- area 17 of Brodmann
- Brodmann's area 17
- first visual area
- striate area
- striate cortex
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