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Postcentral sulcus

 
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(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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The sulcus that demarcates the postcentral gyrus from the superior and inferior parietal lobules.

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Brain: Postcentral sulcus
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Postcentral sulcus of the human brain.
Gray726 postcentral sulcus.svg
Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side.
Latin sulcus postcentralis
Gray's subject #189 822
NeuroNames hier-81
NeuroLex ID birnlex_4033

The postcentral sulcus of the parietal lobe lies parallel to, and behind, the central sulcus in the human brain. (A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves on the surface of the brain.)

The postcentral sulcus divides the postcentral gyrus from the remainder of the parietal lobe.

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