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Descriptor English: Broca Area
Descriptor Spanish: Área de Broca
Descriptor área de Broca
Entry term(s) pars opercularis
pars triangularis
porción opercular
porción triangular
área 44 de Brodmann
área 45 de Brodmann
Scope note: Región neuroanatómica funcional del giro frontal inferior que consta de la porción opercular y de la porción triangular. Es importante para el HABLA y el LENGUAJE. Las lesiones en el área de Broca están asociadas con APRAXIA y AFASIA DE BROCA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Área de Broca
Descriptor French: Aire de Broca
Entry term(s): Area, Broca
Area, Broca's
Area, Broca's Speech
Broca Region
Broca Speech Area
Broca's Area
Broca's Region
Broca's Speech Area
Brocas Area
Brocas Region
Brocas Speech Area
Brodmann Area 44
Brodmann Area 45
Brodmann's Area 44
Brodmann's Area 45
Operculari, Pars
Opercularis, Pars
Pars Operculari
Pars Opercularis
Pars Triangulari
Pars Triangularis
Region, Broca's
Speech Area, Broca's
Triangulari, Pars
Triangularis, Pars
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.700.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065711
Scope note: Functional neuroanatomical region of the inferior frontal gyrus consisting of pars opercularis and pars triangularis. It is important in SPEECH and LANGUAGE production. Injuries to Broca area are associated with BROCA APHASIA and APRAXIA.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2015 (1982); see FRONTAL LOBE 1982-2014
History Note: 2015 (1982); use FRONTAL LOBE 1982-2014
Related: Wernicke Area MeSH
DeCS ID: 55521
Unique ID: D065711
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Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Broca Area - Preferred
Concept UI M0008847
Scope note Functional neuroanatomical region of the inferior frontal gyrus consisting of pars opercularis and pars triangularis. It is important in SPEECH and LANGUAGE production. Injuries to Broca area are associated with BROCA APHASIA and APRAXIA.
Preferred term Broca Area
Entry term(s) Area, Broca
Area, Broca's
Area, Broca's Speech
Broca Region
Broca Speech Area
Broca's Area
Broca's Region
Broca's Speech Area
Brocas Area
Brocas Region
Brocas Speech Area
Region, Broca's
Speech Area, Broca's
Pars Triangularis - Narrower
Concept UI M0590522
Preferred term Pars Triangularis
Entry term(s) Brodmann Area 45
Brodmann's Area 45
Pars Triangulari
Triangulari, Pars
Triangularis, Pars
Pars Opercularis - Narrower
Concept UI M0590521
Preferred term Pars Opercularis
Entry term(s) Brodmann Area 44
Brodmann's Area 44
Operculari, Pars
Opercularis, Pars
Pars Operculari



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