cortical area
C9998
concept
A cortical area is a distinct region of the cerebral cortex characterized by specific cytoarchitecture, connectivity, and functional roles in processing sensory, motor, or cognitive information.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cortical area canonical | 11 |
| cerebral cortex region | 4 |
| motor area | 2 |
| auditory system component | 1 |
| cerebral cortex area | 1 |
| frontal lobe region | 1 |
| gyrus | 1 |
| medial temporal lobe structure | 1 |
| motor-related cortical area | 1 |
| primary auditory cortex region | 1 |
| primary motor cortex | 1 |
| region of cerebral cortex | 1 |
| somatosensory area | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cortical area
Generated description
A cortical area is a distinct region of the cerebral cortex characterized by specific cytoarchitecture, connectivity, and functional roles in processing sensory, motor, or cognitive information.
Instances (17)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Wernicke area | — |
| prefrontal cortex | cerebral cortex region |
| primary motor cortex | cerebral cortex area |
| supplementary motor area | — |
| auditory cortex | — |
| premotor cortex | — |
| Broca's area | — |
| entorhinal cortex | — |
| angular gyrus | gyrus |
| M1 | primary motor cortex |
| superior frontal gyrus | cerebral cortex region |
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SMA
surface form:
Supplementary motor area
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— |
| primary somatosensory cortex | — |
| motor cortex | cerebral cortex region |
| Brodmann area 41 | — |
| Brodmann area 42 | — |
| Brodmann area 6 | cerebral cortex region |