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Definition of Cortical area
1. Noun. Any of various regions of the cerebral cortex.
Generic synonyms: Area, Region
Group relationships: Cerebral Cortex, Cerebral Mantle, Cortex, Pallium
Specialized synonyms: 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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortical Area
Literary usage of Cortical area
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"But, even giving full weight to this consideration, there remains the fact that
the cortical area is associated with the various coordinating and other ..."
2. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"Evidently there is no direct relation between the extent of a cortical area and
the mass of muscles which it controls. Certainly in man the mass of muscles ..."
3. A Text-book of human physiology by Robert Tigerstedt, John R Murlin (1906)
"on animals it appears that the cortical area of the general sensory and tactile
nerves is very ... Speaking of the cortical area for the gustatory nerve. ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1907)
"Lateral view of a human hemisphere; cortical area V, damage to which produces "mind-
... es the loss of audible speech; cortical area TT, damage to which ..."
5. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"The area in which the motor associations for the act of writing Fig. 92.—Lateral
view of a human hemisphere; cortical area V, damage to which ..."
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