area 21 of Brodmann (human) ( 21 )

The term area 21 of Brodmann (human) refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined temporal region of cerebral cortex. In the human it corresponds approximately to the middle temporal gyrus. It is bounded rostrally by the area 38 of Brodmann (human), ventrally by the area 20 of Brodmann (human), caudally by the area 37 of Brodmann (human), and dorsally by the area 22 of Brodmann (human) ( Brodmann-1909 ).

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
middle temporal area 21 English NeuroNames-1995 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. human
Area temporalis media Latin Brodmann-1909 IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909 Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten human
Feld 21 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 21 English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
area 21 of Brodmann (human) English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
BA21 acronym NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
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