Broca's area

English

Etymology

For Paul Broca, French anatomist.

Noun

Broca's area (plural Broca's areas)

1. (neuroanatomy) An area of the frontal lobe of the brain associated with the control of speech.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 89:

     Broca discovered the brainʼs speech centre in the frontal lobe — the first time that anyone had connected an area of the brain to a specific action. The speech centre is still called Brocaʼs area.

Translations

area of the frontal lobe of the brain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布洛卡區／布洛卡区 (bùluòkǎqū)

• Finnish: Brocan alue
• French: aire de Broca (fr) f
• Portuguese: área de Broca f
• Russian: зо́на Брока́ f (zóna Broká)

See also

• Broca's aphasia