nerve center 2
noundomain: body part
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
Examples
- 1.in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere
Hypernym
a structure that is part of the nervous system
EnglishHyponym
the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
rhinencephalon 1
noun
a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
Broca's area 1
noun
the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex
