How to remember the difference between Wernicke's area and Broca's area

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We'll be learning about the Wernicke's area and Broca's areas of the cerebral cortex!

Let's get started <3

What is Broca's area?
It is the motor speech area.
Motor? Yeah, it helps in movements required to produce speech.

What is Wernicke's area?
It is the sensory speech area.
Sensory? Yes, it helps you understand speech.
It also helps in usage of correct words to express our thoughts.


Where is Broca's area located?
Broca's area is located in the frontal lobe.
(Frontal lobe also contains the general motor and premotor areas, so it's easy to make the association!)

Where is Wernicke's area located?
Wernicke's area is located in the parietal and temporal lobe.
(Parietal lobe also contains the general sensory area, gustatory area for taste sensation.. So it's easy to remember sensory speech area is located in the Parietal lobe!)

What is Broca's aphasia?
It is expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia).
Loss of the ability to produce language (spoken or written).
Patient have insight to their problem and are frustrated.

(Broca is broke.
Speaks broken words.
He is also frustrated because he is broke.)

What is Wernicke's aphasia?
It is receptive aphasia (fluent aphasia)
Inablity to understand language (written or spoken form)
They can not use correct words to express thoughts.
When they speak, they think they know what they are saying but a bunch of random words come out.
Patient is unaware of his problem.

Wernicke's like What?
Wernicke's is all confused.
Makes Word salads for a living. (Not broke :P )

Here's a diagram to help you picture it :)

Broca's and Wernicke's area mnemonic

That's all!

This is a diagram I made when I was in high school on the functional areas of the cerebral cortex. I found it and when I looked at it, I was amazed to see how beautifully I had shaded and labelled the areas. It has faded out and looks hazy now but it's a piece of me, and I wanted to share it with you <3

Functional areas of cerebral cortex

What the labels read in the diagram:
Frontal lobe
1) General motor area
2) Premotor area
3) Motor speech area/Broca's area
4) Association area
Parietal lobe
5) General sensory area (somaesthetic area)
6) Sensory speech area or Wernicke's area
7) Gustatory area
8) Association area
Occipital lobe
9) Visual area and Association visual area
Temporal lobe
10) Auditory area
11) Olfactory area

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