Angular gyrus
The angular gyrus is a region of the brain lying mainly in the posteroinferior region of the parietal lobe, occupying the posterior part of the inferior parietal lobule. It represents the Brodmann area 39.
| Angular gyrus | |
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Drawing of a cast to illustrate the relations of the brain to the skull. (Angular gyrus labeled at upper left, in yellow section.) | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | gyrus angularis |
| NeuroNames | 109 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1376 |
| TA98 | A14.1.09.124 |
| TA2 | 5472 |
| FMA | 61898 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
Its significance is in transferring visual information to Wernicke's area, in order to make meaning out of visually perceived words. It is also involved in a number of processes related to language, number processing and spatial cognition, memory retrieval, attention, and theory of mind.
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