Temporal BA

• Temporal lobe brodmann's area

  • BA 22
  • BA 41, 42
• BA 22

  Wernicke's area
• Location of BA 22

  Posterior Surface of the Superior Temporal Gyrus
• LEFT BA 22:

  Wernicke's area
• RIGHT BA 22

  Auditory association area
• Function of LEFT BA 22

  Primary language comprehension
• Lesion at LEFT BA 22

  Wernicke's aphasia
• Wernicke's aphasia AKA

  • Fluent aphasia
  • Posterior aphasia
  • Sensory aphasia
  • Receptive aphasia
• R BA 22 function

  Interpret sound EXCEPT language
• Lesion in Right BA 22

  Auditory agnosia