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postcentral sulcus

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postcentral sulcus [pōst′sen·trəl ′səl·kəs]
(anatomy)
The first sulcus of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum, lying behind and roughly parallel to the central sulcus.


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In the left hemisphere, Broca's area is found anterior to (in front of) the precentral sulcus and Wernicke's area is found posterior to (behind) the postcentral sulcus (see Figure 4).
 
 
 
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