Nervous system & sense organs
Supramarginal gyrus
Gyrus supramarginalis
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Parietal lobe
DescriptionUnreviewed
The supramarginal gyrus is a portion of the parietal lobe.
This area of the brain is also known as Brodmann area 40 based on the brain map created by Korbinian Brodmann to define the structures in the cerebral cortex.
It is probably involved with language perception and processing, and lesions in it may cause receptive aphasia.
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Names
- Latin
- Gyrus supramarginalis
- English
- Supramarginal gyrus
- French
- Gyrus supramarginal
- Spanish
- Giro supramarginal
- Portuguese
- Giro supramarginal