#nerve_center__nervecenter__center__centre__nerve_centre__nervecentre a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
supertype: #neural_structure a structure that is part of the nervous system
subtype: #auditory_center the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
subtype: #rhinencephalon__olfactory_brain a center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior
subtype: #Broca's_area__Broca's_center__Broca's_gyrus__Broca's_convolution__convolution_of_Broca the motor speech center in the left hemisphere of the brain in most people
subtype: #Wernicke's_area__Wernicke's_center the auditory word center; located in the posterior part of the superior temporal convolution in most people
subtype: #respiratory_center__respiratorycenter the center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles
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