Motor areas of cerebral cortex

1

Primary (somatic) motor cortex in precentral gyrus

Allows us to consciously control the precise or skilled voluntary movement of our skeletal muscles

2

Premotor cortex

Helps us plan movements (playing an instrument or typing)

4

broca’s area

expressive motor speech

3

Frontal eye field

voluntary movement of the eyes

5

Primary somatosensory cortex

Spatial discrimination (being able to distinguish the body’s position in relevance to other space)

6

Somatosensory association cortex

Being able to understand an object based on size, texture, and relationship of its parts (feeling keys or phone in pocket)

9

Primary visual cortex

Receives visual information that originates on the retina

10

Primary auditory cortex

Interpretation of pitch, loudness, and location of sounds

Primary olfactory cortex

Conscious awareness of different odors

7

Gustatory cortex

Perceiving taste

8

Wernicke’s area

involved in understanding written and spoken language