precentral gyrus

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precentral gyrus [′prē¦sen·trəl ′jī·rəs]

(anatomy)

The cerebral convolution that lies between the precentral sulcus and the central sulcus and extends from the superomedial border of the hemisphere to the posterior ramus of the lateral sulcus.

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