Wernicke's area

Preferred Label : Wernicke's area;

FMA definition : Region of cerebral cortex, each instance of which is an area within the posterior limb on some internal capsule in which the optic radiation, having just left some lateral geniculate body, comes into close proximity to some auditory and somesthetic radiations;

Details

Origin ID

242178;

UMLS CUI

C0043120;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Structure of Wernicke's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Temporal Lobe [NCIt concept]
- Temporal lobe [ICD-O code]
- Temporal lobe [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Temporal lobe [ICHI extension code]
- Wernicke Area [MeSH Descriptor]
- auditory association cortex [Radlex concept]
- temporal lobe [Radlex concept]
- temporal lobe [ICF N4 Element]
- temporal lobe [MeSH Descriptor]
- temporal lobe [MeSH concept]
- wernicke area [Radlex concept]
- wernicke area [MeSH concept]
- wernicke encephalopathy [MeSH Descriptor]
RADLEX concept(s)
- wernicke area [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Structure of Wernicke's area (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Wernicke Area [MeSH Descriptor]
- wernicke area [MeSH concept]

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