Broca's Area (Noun)
Meaning
The motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- Damage to Broca's area can result in Broca's aphasia, a condition where a person has difficulty speaking in grammatically correct sentences.
- The neurosurgeon carefully avoided damaging Broca's area during the brain surgery to minimize the risk of speech impairment.
- Studies have shown that Broca's area is active when a person is speaking or thinking about words.
- Damage to Broca's area can also affect a person's ability to understand complex sentences.
- In most right-handed people, Broca's area is located in the frontal lobe of the left hemisphere of the brain.