Definition of Cortical area

1. Noun. Any of various regions of the cerebral cortex.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortical Area

cortex lentis
cortex nodi lymphatici
cortex of hair shaft
cortex of lens
cortex of lymph node
cortex of ovary
cortex of thymus
cortex ovarii
cortex renis
cortexes
cortexolone
cortexone
cortical
cortical apraxia
cortical arches of kidney
cortical area (current term)
cortical arteries
cortical audiometry
cortical blindness
cortical bone
cortical cataract
cortical convexity
cortical deafness
cortical dysplasia
cortical epilepsy
cortical hormones
cortical implantation
cortical layer
cortical lobules of kidney

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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