| Angular gyrus | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Drawing of a cast to illustrate the relations of the brain to the skull. (Angular gyrus labeled at upper left, in yellow section.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | gyrus angularis |
| NeuroNames | 109 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1376 |
| TA98 | A14.1.09.124 |
| TA2 | 5472 |
| FMA | 61898 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The angular gyrus is a region of the brain lying mainly in the posteroinferior region of the parietal lobe, occupying the posterior part of the inferior parietal lobule.[1] It represents the Brodmann area 39.[1]
Its significance is in transferring visual information to Wernicke's area, in order to make meaning out of visually perceived words.[2] It is also involved in a number of processes related to language, number processing and spatial cognition, memory retrieval, attention, and theory of mind.
- ^ a b Seghier, Mohamed L. (February 2013). "The Angular Gyrus". The Neuroscientist. 19 (1): 43–61. doi:10.1177/1073858412440596. ISSN 1073-8584. PMC 4107834. PMID 22547530.
- ^ John, Hall (2010). Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. Saunders. p. 699. ISBN 978-1416045748.