PHYSIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE

BY AMASSE MARTHAH .R.

 Cont…
• Language is a fundamental basis of human
intelligence and a key part in human culture
• Primary brain centers concerned with it are
arrayed along and near the sylvian
fissure(lateral sulcus) of the categorical
hemisphere.
• Wernicke’s area, a region at the posterior end of superior
temporal gyrus, is concerned with comprehension of
auditory and visual information.
• It projects via arcuate fasciculus to broca’s area in the
frontal lobe immediately in front of inferior end of motor
cortex.
• Broca’s area then processes information received into a
detailed and coordinated pattern for vocalization and
then projects the pattern via a speech articulation area in
insula to motor cortex, which initiates appropriate
movements of lips, tongue and larynx to produce speech