Arcuate fasciculus

Arcuate fasciculus
The arcuate fasciculus connects two important areas for language use, Broca's area and Wernicke's area.
Tractography showing arcuate fasciculus
Details
FromBroca's area of the frontal lobe
ToWernicke's area of the temporal lobe
Identifiers
Latinfasciculus arcuatus
TA98A14.1.09.557
TA25599
FMA260714
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In neuroanatomy, the arcuate fasciculus (AF; from Latin 'curved bundle') is a bundle of axons that generally connects Broca's area and Wernicke's area in the brain. It is an association fiber tract connecting caudal temporal lobe and inferior frontal lobe.

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