cortical area

/ˌkɔrdəkəl ˌɛriə/

Other forms: cortical areas

Definitions of cortical area

1. noun

   any of various regions of the cerebral cortex
   synonyms: cortical region

   types:

   association area, association cortex

   cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information

   auditory area, auditory cortex

   the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body

   Brodmann's area

   one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture

   language area, language zone

   a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language

   Rolando's area, excitable area, motor area, motor cortex, motor region

   the cortical area that influences motor movements

   sensorium

   the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world

   sensorimotor area, sensorimotor region

   an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions

   visual area, visual cortex

   the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus

   Brodmann's area 17, area 17 of Brodmann, 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

   type of:

   area, region

   a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve