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Postcentral gyrus

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has suggested that for homogeny with other sensory fields only area 3 should be referred to as "primary somatosensory cortex", as it receives the bulk of the
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Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2 of human brain. Brodmann area 3 is in red, area 1 in green, and area 2 in yellow.
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The primary somatosensory cortex was initially defined from surface stimulation studies of
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Primary cortices, including primary somatosensory cortex (labeled in purple)
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1, 2, and 3. Brodmann area 1 occupies the apex of the postcentral gyrus.
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Postcentral gyrus highlighted in green on transversal T1 MRI images
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Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.
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Postcentral gyrus highlighted in green on sagittal T1 MRI images
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Postcentral gyrus highlighted in green on coronal T1 MRI images
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It is the location of the 94:Primary somatosensory cortex 2718:Anterior lobe of cerebellum 1149:Transverse occipital sulcus 272:medial longitudinal fissure 257:thalamocortical projections 2842: 2670:Posterior thoracic nucleus 2384:Thalamocortical radiations 2308:Thalamocortical radiations 1561:Isthmus of cingulate gyrus 1382:Central (frontal+parietal) 1117:Occipital pole of cerebrum 2704:Accessory cuneate nucleus 2622:Vestibulocerebellar tract 2456:Vestibulocerebellar tract 2230: 1965:Posterior parietal cortex 1932:Anterior white commissure 1692: 1218:Transverse temporal gyrus 1081:Posterior parietal cortex 177: 38: 26: 2501:Inferior olivary nucleus 2388:Supplementary motor area 2312:Supplementary motor area 2122:Genu of internal capsule 1974:Spinomesencephalic tract 1339:Inferior temporal sulcus 1260:Superior temporal sulcus 943:Inferior parietal lobule 926:Superior parietal lobule 866:Supplementary motor area 2589:Cerebellothalamic tract 2070:Decussation of pyramids 1841:Internal arcuate fibers 1344:Inferior temporal gyrus 1288:Occipitotemporal sulcus 1234:Superior temporal gyrus 1127:Lateral occipital gyrus 878:Supplementary eye field 619:Inferior frontal sulcus 614:Superior frontal sulcus 2523:Deep cerebellar nuclei 2490:Deep cerebellar nuclei 2481:Pontocerebellar fibers 2356:Subthalamic fasciculus 2348:Subthalamic fasciculus 2089:Neuromuscular junction 1605:Fimbria of hippocampus 671:Superior frontal gyrus 569:Inferior frontal gyrus 523:Superior frontal gyrus 251:, more recent work by 84:Middle cerebral artery 2709:Cuneocerebellar tract 2552:Dentatothalamic tract 2506:Olivocerebellar tract 2403:nigrostriatal pathway 2364:Lenticular fasciculus 2288:Lenticular fasciculus 2191:Vestibulospinal tract 1592:Hippocampal formation 1451:Parahippocampal gyrus 1265:Middle temporal gyrus 2816:Somatosensory system 2221:Reticulospinal tract 2132:Facial motor nucleus 2118:Primary motor cortex 2062:Primary motor cortex 2008:Spinoreticular tract 1849:Trigeminal lemniscus 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lobule 711:Paraolfactory area 707:Paraterminal gyrus 290:postcentral sulcus 226:sensory homunculus 2798: 2797: 2794: 2793: 2790: 2789: 2755:Cerebellar vermis 2684:Cerebellar vermis 2627:Vestibular nuclei 2613:Fastigial nucleus 2451:Vestibular nuclei 2430: 2429: 2426: 2425: 2368:Ansa lenticularis 2292:Ansa lenticularis 2250: 2249: 2243:→ muscles of neck 2240:Tectospinal tract 2186:Vestibular nuclei 2161:Rubrospinal tract 2038: 2037: 2034: 2033: 1961:Postcentral gyrus 1924:Free nerve ending 1894: 1893: 1886:Postcentral gyrus 1705: 1704: 1649: 1648: 1474:Postrhinal cortex 1469:Perirhinal cortex 1464:Entorhinal cortex 1436: 1435: 1392:Parieto-occipital 1359: 1358: 1197: 1196: 1096: 1095: 1053:Postcentral gyrus 905: 904: 830: 829: 650: 649: 642:Precentral sulcus 605:Pars triangularis 328:Additional images 201:postcentral gyrus 193: 192: 188: 22:Postcentral gyrus 2833: 2644: 2441: 2407: 2330: 2270: 2261: 2205: 2175: 2149: 2111: 2104: 2047: 2025:Cingulate cortex 1949:Spinal lemniscus 1910: 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area 1222:Auditory cortex 1193: 1158:Medial/inferior 1153: 1092: 1041: 1037:Marginal sulcus 991:Medial/inferior 986: 901: 854:Premotor cortex 826: 796: 655:Medial/inferior 646: 623: 493: 487:cerebral cortex 485:Anatomy of the 483: 421: 414: 411: 402: 399: 390: 387: 378: 375: 366: 363: 354: 351: 342: 339: 330: 318: 277:(to the middle) 265: 234:Wilder Penfield 207:in the lateral 203:is a prominent 189: 46: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 2839: 2837: 2829: 2828: 2823: 2818: 2813: 2811:Brodmann areas 2803: 2802: 2796: 2795: 2792: 2791: 2788: 2787: 2785: 2784: 2759: 2758: 2733: 2731: 2725: 2724: 2722: 2721: 2688: 2687: 2654: 2652: 2650:proprioception 2641: 2636:Bidirectional: 2633: 2632: 2630: 2629: 2609: 2608: 2568: 2567: 2535: 2533: 2529: 2528: 2526: 2525: 2497: 2496: 2476:Pontine nuclei 2472: 2471: 2447: 2445: 2438: 2432: 2431: 2428: 2427: 2424: 2423: 2421: 2420: 2410: 2408: 2397: 2396: 2333: 2331: 2321: 2320: 2273: 2271: 2258: 2252: 2251: 2248: 2247: 2245: 2244: 2231: 2228: 2227: 2225: 2224: 2208: 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1286: 1285: 1283: 1279: 1271: 1268: 1267: 1266: 1263: 1261: 1258: 1253: 1249: 1245: 1242: 1240: 1237: 1236: 1235: 1232: 1228: 1225: 1224: 1223: 1219: 1216: 1215: 1213: 1211:Superolateral 1209: 1206: 1204: 1203:Temporal lobe 1200: 1190: 1187: 1186: 1183: 1182:Lingual gyrus 1180: 1178: 1175: 1171: 1168: 1167: 1166: 1165:Visual cortex 1163: 1162: 1160: 1156: 1150: 1147: 1145: 1144:Lunate sulcus 1142: 1138: 1135: 1133: 1130: 1129: 1128: 1125: 1123: 1120: 1118: 1115: 1114: 1112: 1110:Superolateral 1108: 1105: 1103: 1099: 1087: 1084: 1083: 1082: 1079: 1075: 1072: 1071: 1070: 1067: 1063: 1060: 1059: 1058: 1054: 1051: 1050: 1048: 1044: 1038: 1035: 1031: 1028: 1027: 1026: 1023: 1019: 1016: 1014: 1011: 1009: 1006: 1004: 1001: 1000: 999: 996: 995: 993: 989: 983: 980: 979: 974: 971: 970: 969: 966: 962: 961:Angular gyrus 958: 955: 953: 949: 946: 945: 944: 941: 937: 934: 932: 929: 928: 927: 924: 923: 921: 919:Superolateral 917: 914: 912: 911:Parietal lobe 908: 896: 893: 892: 891: 888: 884: 881: 880: 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273: 270: 269: 268: 262: 260: 258: 254: 250: 246: 242: 239: 235: 230: 228: 227: 222: 218: 214: 210: 209:parietal lobe 206: 202: 198: 186: 180: 176: 173: 170: 168: 164: 161: 158: 156: 152: 149: 146: 144: 140: 137: 134: 131: 127: 124: 121: 119: 115: 112: 109: 107: 103: 98: 95: 92: 88: 85: 82: 80: 76: 73: 72:Parietal lobe 70: 66: 63: 60: 58: 54: 49: 42: 37: 30: 25: 20: 2770: 2744: 2707: 2673: 2620: 2606:Motor cortex 2587: 2565:Motor cortex 2550: 2504: 2494:Granule cell 2479: 2469:Granule cell 2454: 2401: 2392:Motor cortex 2336:Motor cortex 2326: 2316:Motor cortex 2276:Motor cortex 2266: 2238: 2219: 2202: 2189: 2172: 2159: 2146: 2125: 2108: 2073: 2058: 2006: 1972: 1970: 1960: 1935: 1885: 1829: 1791: 1694: 1458: 1052: 735:Orbital gyri 587:Broca's area 499:Frontal lobe 307: 304:(underneath) 266: 231: 224: 200: 197:neuroanatomy 194: 148:A14.1.09.128 136:birnlex_1070 110: 2648:Unconscious 2594:Red nucleus 2156:Red nucleus 1743:spinal cord 1442:Limbic lobe 491:human brain 213:human brain 100:Identifiers 2805:Categories 2781:Cerebellum 2763:upper limb 2737:lower limb 2729:Reflex arc 2692:upper limb 2658:lower limb 2515:Hemisphere 2465:Cerebellum 2436:Cerebellar 2314:) → 5° ( 2203:extension: 2173:extension: 1699:span gyri. 1365:Interlobar 1062:3, 1 and 2 802:Precentral 663:Prefrontal 629:Precentral 515:Prefrontal 449:NeuroNames 445:ancil-1042 439:NeuroNames 435:ancil-1041 429:NeuroNames 425:ancil-1040 302:inferiorly 286:(in front) 118:NeuroNames 2390:) → 7° ( 2327:indirect: 2051:Pyramidal 1751:fasciculi 1679:Operculum 1227:41 and 42 1025:Precuneus 295:(in back) 284:rostrally 263:Structure 2769:) → 2° ( 2743:) → 2° ( 2702:) → 2° ( 2668:) → 2° ( 2598:Thalamus 2557:Thalamus 2532:Efferent 2444:Afferent 2418:Striatum 2382:) → 6° ( 2380:Thalamus 2362:) → 5° ( 2354:) → 4° ( 2346:) → 3° ( 2342:) → 2° ( 2340:Striatum 2306:) → 4° ( 2304:Thalamus 2286:) → 3° ( 2282:) → 2° ( 2280:Striatum 2147:flexion: 2109:flexion: 2083:Anterior 2059:flexion: 2023:) → 3° ( 2021:Thalamus 2015:) → 2° ( 1963:) → 4° ( 1959:) → 3° ( 1957:Thalamus 1941:Anterior 1930:) → 2° ( 1916:/lateral 1853:Thalamus 1641:Amygdala 1459:anterior 451:- area 3 441:- area 2 431:- area 1 316:See also 293:caudally 275:medially 130:NeuroLex 90:Function 68:Location 2586:, or → 2267:direct: 2079:Lateral 1995:/medial 1937:Lateral 1758:Sensory 1672:General 489:of the 211:of the 51:Details 2765:→ 1° ( 2739:→ 1° ( 2694:→ 1° ( 2660:→ 1° ( 1177:Cuneus 247:, and 199:, the 79:Artery 57:System 2043:Motor 1739:Brain 1636:Uncus 1624:Other 1500:gyrus 205:gyrus 183:[ 172:61896 106:Latin 2821:Gyri 2604:) → 2563:) → 2334:1° ( 2274:1° ( 2001:1° ( 1993:Slow 1971:2° ( 1939:and 1922:1° ( 1914:Fast 1905:pain 1843:) → 1804:) → 1766:DCML 1749:and 1741:and 1046:Both 835:Both 253:Kaas 160:5469 143:TA98 2777:ICP 2751:SCP 2714:ICP 2700:DRG 2680:ICP 2666:DRG 2615:in 2580:SCP 2574:in 2547:SCP 2541:in 2511:ICP 2503:→ 2486:MCP 2461:ICP 2378:of 2360:GPi 2344:GPe 2302:of 2284:GPi 2184:→ 2019:of 1981:of 1955:of 1953:VPL 1861:VPM 1857:VPL 447:at 437:at 427:at 195:In 167:FMA 155:TA2 123:105 2807:: 2779:→ 2775:→ 2753:→ 2749:→ 2716:→ 2712:→ 2706:→ 2698:→ 2682:→ 2678:→ 2672:→ 2664:→ 2625:→ 2619:→ 2602:VL 2596:→ 2592:→ 2582:→ 2578:→ 2561:VL 2555:→ 2549:→ 2545:→ 2521:→ 2517:→ 2513:→ 2509:→ 2492:→ 2488:→ 2484:→ 2478:→ 2467:→ 2463:→ 2459:→ 2453:→ 2416:→ 2386:→ 2376:VL 2374:→ 2370:→ 2358:→ 2350:→ 2338:→ 2310:→ 2300:VL 2298:→ 2294:→ 2278:→ 2237:→ 2218:→ 2214:→ 2188:→ 2158:→ 2134:→ 2130:→ 2124:→ 2120:→ 2087:→ 2081:, 2072:→ 2068:→ 2064:→ 2017:MD 2011:→ 2005:→ 1985:) 1977:→ 1951:→ 1947:→ 1934:→ 1926:→ 1884:→ 1880:→ 1872:3° 1859:, 1851:→ 1839:, 1828:→ 1820:2° 1790:→ 1775:1° 1745:: 1580:30 1575:29 1570:26 1563:: 1552:31 1547:23 1535:33 1530:32 1525:24 1513:25 1349:20 1330:36 1325:35 1320:34 1315:28 1310:27 1298:37 1270:21 1244:22 1239:38 1170:17 1137:19 1132:18 973:43 957:39 948:40 778:25 766:10 754:12 749:11 744:10 728:11 716:12 601:45 592:44 578:47 573:11 571:: 560:46 555:10 243:, 229:. 132:ID 2783:) 2757:) 2720:) 2686:) 2600:( 2559:( 2405:: 2394:) 2366:/ 2318:) 2290:/ 2085:) 2077:( 2027:) 1967:) 1902:/ 1874:: 1863:) 1855:( 1847:/ 1835:( 1822:: 1808:/ 1800:/ 1796:( 1786:/ 1777:: 1731:e 1724:t 1717:v 1498:/ 1254:) 1250:( 1246:/ 1220:/ 1086:7 1074:5 1055:/ 1030:7 1018:5 1013:3 1008:2 1003:1 959:- 950:- 936:7 931:5 895:8 883:6 871:6 859:6 847:4 815:4 737:/ 709:/ 698:9 693:8 681:6 676:4 603:- 594:- 580:- 550:9 538:8 533:6 528:4 478:e 471:t 464:v 249:2 245:1 241:3 187:]

Index



System
Somatosensory system
Parietal lobe
Artery
Middle cerebral artery
Primary somatosensory cortex
Latin
NeuroNames
105
NeuroLex
birnlex_1070
TA98
A14.1.09.128
TA2
5469
FMA
61896
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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neuroanatomy
gyrus
parietal lobe
human brain
primary somatosensory cortex
sense of touch
sensory homunculus
Wilder Penfield
Brodmann areas

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