Broca's area

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Broca's area

A small posterior part of the inferior frontal gyrus of the left cerebral hemisphere, identified as an essential component of the motor mechanisms governing articulated speech. Also called Broca's center, motor speech center.

Broca's area

Etymology: Pierre P. Broca

an area involved in speech production situated on the inferior frontal gyrus of the brain. See also aphasia, Broca's aphasia, motor speech areas, speech centers.

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cortical dysarthria motor aphasia motor speech areas motor speech center rhinencephalon speech centers			These regions include the inferior frontal gyrus, or Broca's area, in the front left side of the brain, and the posterior temporal region, commonly referred to as Wernicke's area, toward the back left side of the brain. Same brain regions translate words and gestures by Asian News International By monitoring the brains of three patients while they performed a simple language task (looking at a word, then either using it in a sentence as is or changing its tense or number, and finally articulating it silently), Sahin and his colleagues found three distinct periods of activity in Broca's area at 200 milliseconds (after first being presented with the word), 320 milliseconds and 450 milliseconds. Scientists Trace Speed of Thought-to-Speech in Brain by FARS News Agency Be funny, ridiculous and silly because you grab the attention of Broca's Area in your brain for paying attention. Need Personal Long-Term Memory? by H. Bernard Wechsler / Advertising, marketing, public relations community			brittle, friable brivudine BRM broach broad broad beans broad beta disease broad fascia broad fish tapeworm broad headed snake broad ligament broad ligament of the liver broad ligament of uterus broad spectrum Broad Street Pump broad-spectrum broad-spectrum antibiotic Broadbanding Broadbent's sign broadleaf lupine broadleaf milkweed broadleaf vetch Broca Broca band Broca's aphasia Broca's area Broca's fissure Broca's plane Broca's pupillometer Broccoli Brock procedure Brock's string Brödel's bloodless line Brodie's abscess brodifacoum Brodmann's area Brodmann's areas broiler Broken Arrow broken back broken cell preparation broken colored broken down carpus broken head Broken Hearted broken hock broken mouth broken penis Broken Ring Sign Broken Straw Sign broken wind			Broadway Theaters Broadway Video Encoding Services Broadway Youth Resource Centre broadways broadways broadwise Broan Bear Broan Bear Brob Brob Brob Brobdignagians Brobdignagians Brobdingnag Brobdingnag Brobdingnagian Brobdingnagian Brobdingnagians Broc Broca Broca Broca aphasia Broca aphasia Broca band Broca galvanometer Broca's Broca's Broca's aphasia Broca's aphasia Broca's aphasia Broca's area Broca's areas Broca's areas Broca's areas Broca's center Broca's center Broca's center Broca's center Broca's convolution Broca's convolution Broca's convolution Broca's convolution Broca's fissure Broca's gyrus Broca's gyrus Broca's gyrus Broca's motor speech area Broca's motor speech area Broca's motor speech area Broca's motor speech area Broca's motor speech area Broca's parolfactory area Broca's parolfactory area Broca's parolfactory area Broca's parolfactory area Broca's parolfactory area Broca's plane Broca's plane Broca's plane Broca's plane Broca's pupillometer

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