area 5 of Brodmann (human) ( 5 )

The term area 5 of Brodmann (human) refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined parietal region of cerebral cortex. In the human it occupies the superior parietal lobule and a portion of the postcentral gyrus, particularly on the medial aspect of the hemisphere. It is bounded approximately by the cingulate sulcus on the medial aspect of the hemisphere and by the superior postcentral sulcus - obsolete on the lateral aspect. Cytoarchitecturally it is bounded by the area 2 of Brodmann (human), the area 7 of Brodmann (human) and on the medial bank of the hemisphere by the area 4 of Brodmann (human) and the area 31 of Brodmann (human) ( Brodmann-1909 ).

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
Area praeparietalis Latin Brodmann-1909 IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909 Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten human
preparietal area 5 English NeuroNames-2000 NeuroNames is used as a term's source if no published source of the term has been found. In most cases, the term is an English translation of a commonly used Latin term. In some cases it is a Latin translation of an English term for which no published Latin equivalent has been found. Latin roots of words not found in the neuroanatomical literature are derived from Cassell's Latin Dictionary (Simpson-59). human
Feld 5 German Brodmann-1909 IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909 Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten human
Brodmann's area 5 English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
area 5 of Brodmann (human) English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames human
BA5 acronym NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames human
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