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postcentral gyrus
(redirected from Primary sensory cortex)

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postcentral gyrus [pōst′sen·trəl ′jī·rəs]
(anatomy)
The cerebral convolution that lies immediately posterior to the central sulcus and extends from the longitudinal fissure above the posterior ramus of the lateral sulcus.


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32) Reduced use of an extremity may result in a decline in the quality and quantity of afferent inputs to the primary sensory cortex.
Area 3b of the primary sensory cortex contains the most highly organized representations of skin afferents in the cortex.
 
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