region, area - a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"

cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the gray matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

association area, association cortex - cortical areas that are neither motor or sensory but are thought to be involved in higher processing of information

auditory area, auditory cortex - the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body

Brodmann's area - one of the cortical areas mapped out on the basis of its cytoarchitecture

frontal area, frontal cortex - the cortex of the frontal lobe

language area, language zone - a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language

excitable area, motor area, motor cortex, motor region, Rolando's area - the cortical area that influences motor movements

sensorimotor area, sensorimotor region - an area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions

visual area, visual cortex - the cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus