Anatomy
auditory area
au·di·to·ry ar·e·a [ aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee- air-ee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Sensorimotor Cortex; Temporal Lobe
Definitions related to auditory area:
  • (auditory cortex) Area of the temporal lobe concerned with hearing.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (auditory cortex) The area in the cerebral cortex that receives and processes auditory input.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (auditory cortex) The region of the cerebral cortex that receives the auditory radiation from the MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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