Preferred Label : Brodmann (1909) area 47;
Uberon definition : Brodmann area 47, or BA47, is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. Curving
from the lateral surface of the frontal lobe into the ventral (orbital) frontal cortex.
It is below areas BA10 and BA45, and beside BA11. This area is also known as orbital
area 47. In the human, on the orbital surface it surrounds the caudal portion of the
orbital sulcus (H) from which it extends laterally into the orbital part of inferior
frontal gyrus (H). Cytoarchitectonically it is bounded caudally by the triangular
area 45, medially by the prefrontal area 11 of Brodmann-1909, and rostrally by the
frontopolar area 10 (Brodmann-1909). It incorporates the region that Brodmann identified
as 'Area 12' in the monkey, and therefore, following the suggestion of Michael Petrides,
some contemporary neuroscientists refer to the region as 'BA47/12. ' BA47 has been
implicated in the processing of syntax in spoken and signed languages, and more recently
in musical syntax.;
Uberon synonym : Brodmann area 47; area 47 of Brodmann-1909; B09-47; BA47; Brodmann area 47, orbital; area 47 of Brodmann; orbital area 47;
Uberon broad term : B09-47;
Origin ID : 0006484;
UMLS CUI : C1272513;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Uberon cross reference
Brodmann area 47, or BA47, is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. Curving
from the lateral surface of the frontal lobe into the ventral (orbital) frontal cortex.
It is below areas BA10 and BA45, and beside BA11. This area is also known as orbital
area 47. In the human, on the orbital surface it surrounds the caudal portion of the
orbital sulcus (H) from which it extends laterally into the orbital part of inferior
frontal gyrus (H). Cytoarchitectonically it is bounded caudally by the triangular
area 45, medially by the prefrontal area 11 of Brodmann-1909, and rostrally by the
frontopolar area 10 (Brodmann-1909). It incorporates the region that Brodmann identified
as 'Area 12' in the monkey, and therefore, following the suggestion of Michael Petrides,
some contemporary neuroscientists refer to the region as 'BA47/12. ' BA47 has been
implicated in the processing of syntax in spoken and signed languages, and more recently
in musical syntax.