The supplementary motor area and the premotor cortex are areas of
A) the parietal lobe.
B) association cortex.
C) nonprimary motor cortex.
D) the cerebellum.

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The supplementary motor area and the premotor cortex are both areas of the nonprimary motor cortex, which is responsible for higher level planning and organization of movements. They are not located in the parietal lobe or the cerebellum, and while they do have some connections to association cortex, they are not exclusively part of it.

The Supplementary Motor Area and the Premotor Cortex Are Areas