The mental status exam checks the cerebral cortex. It tests orientation, memory, and above all, language. Each language area has a job. Damage there causes a certain kind of aphasia, or language loss. Tap a region.
Prefrontal cortex
left side of the brain · front is on the left
Mental statuscortex & language
The areas
📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure. Compare it with the interactive above.
Mental Status & Language — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
