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:
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(auditory cortex) Area of the temporal lobe concerned with hearing.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(auditory cortex) The area in the cerebral cortex that receives and processes auditory input.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(auditory cortex) The region of the cerebral cortex that receives the auditory radiation from the MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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