Wernicke's area is located in:: (A) Superior temporal gyrus, (B) Inferior temporal gyrus, (C) Post-central gyrus, (D) Angular gyrus
Answer is A. Ans. (a) Superior Temporal GyrusRef: Harrison 19th ed. /177* Wernickes area is located in the posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus (STG) in the dominant cerebral hemisphere (which is the left hemisphere in about 95% of right handed individuals and 60% of left handed individuals).* Damage caused to Wernickes area results in receptive, fluent aphasia. This means that the person with aphasia will be able to fluently connect words, but sentences will lack meaning