Broca's gyrus
- noun
- /ˈbroʊkəz ˈɡaɪrəs/
- Specialized
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giro de Broca
- Damage to the Broca's gyrus can result in difficulty forming coherent speech.
Examples
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The surgeon carefully avoided the Broca's gyrus to preserve the patient's speech abilities.
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Researchers studied how the Broca's gyrus is activated during language tasks.
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The Broca's gyrus plays a crucial role in language processing.
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Damage to the Broca's gyrus can lead to speech difficulties.
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Damage to the Broca's gyrus can result in difficulty forming coherent speech.
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The surgeon carefully avoided the Broca's gyrus to preserve the patient's speech abilities.
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Researchers studied how the Broca's gyrus is activated during language tasks.
Synonyms
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A part of the left side of the brain that controls the movements used for speaking
A part of the brain usually on the left side that helps you speak
Part of the left front of the brain that controls the muscles used for speaking and helps make words
A part of the left front of the brain that helps you move your mouth to speak
Surface Forms
Morphology
Broca's + gyrus
Knowing 'gyrus' (a fold on the brain) and that 'Broca's' is a possessive/eponym would allow a learner to infer this is a specific brain fold named after Broca, so part of the meaning (an anatomical structure) is transparent. However, the specific functional information (left frontal location and role in speech production) cannot be derived from the constituents and requires prior/neuroanatomical knowledge, so the expression is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Broca's gyrus is named after a French doctor, Broca, who found that people who could not speak often had damage in a small fold or bump of the brain called a gyrus on the left front side. He linked that spot to 'speech', so today Broca's gyrus means the brain area that helps 'produce speech'.