Somatosensory cortex

Somatosensory cortex

The region of the cerebral cortex concerned with processing sensory information from the body surface, subcutaneous tissues, muscles, and joints. Located primarily in the posterior bank of the central sulcus and on the postcentral gyrus.

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somatosensory cortex

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The region of the cerebral cortex concerned with processing sensory information from the body surface, subcutaneous tissues, muscles, and joints. Located primarily in the ...

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The region of the parietal lobes that processes sensory input from various body areas.

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A brain region that processes information coming from the muscles, joints, and skin.

somatosensory cortex

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Area of the parietal lobe concerned with receiving general sensations. It lies posterior to the central sulcus.

somatosensory cortex

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The area of the cerebral cortex of the brain to which the sensory signals are sent. The somatic senses include vision, hearing, taste, smell and equilibrium.

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An area of the sensory cortex in the parietal lobes that receives messages of touch, temperature, and certain other bodily sensations.

medial longitudinal fasciculus

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tract that carries excitatory projections from the abducens nucleus to the contralateral oculomotor nucleus; important in coordinating conjugate eye movements.

commissures

Biology; Neuroscience

Axon tracts that cross the midline of the brain. See also anterior commissure.

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Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that link visceral motor neurons in autonomic ganglia to their targets.

climbing fibers

Biology; Neuroscience

Axons that originate in the inferior olive, ascend through the inferior cerebellar peduncle, and make terminal arborizations that invest the dendritic tree of Purkinje cells.