planum
9.9
A flat surface on a bone or in the body
- noun
- /ˈplænəm/
- Specialized
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planum
- Researchers found that the size of the planum temporale can influence musical ability.
- planum temporale
Examples
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The planum temporale is vital for processing language in the human brain.
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Musical training before the age of seven especially seems to induce strong enlargement of the left planum temporale (Schiang et al. 1995). In more than 80 percent, the same hemisphere controls the dominant (right) hand.
Academic text (1995) -
In anatomy classes, students often study the planum temporale to understand its role in language comprehension.
Synonyms
7.7
A flat surface on a solid object that forms one face, like a cube or crystal
is used mainly for flat surfaces in anatomical structures rather than geometric faces
How Flat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Planum comes from the Latin word planus, which means 'flat' or 'level'. In anatomy a planum names a flat surface of a bone or part of the brain, so the word still means a 'flat area'.