Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0480-5500
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/0480-5500
Preferred Name

somesthetic sensory cortex

Definitions
region of the cerebral cortex receiving the somatic sensory radiation from the ventrobasal nucleus of the thalamus; it represents the primary cortical processing mechanism for sensory information originating at the body surfaces (touch) and in deeper tissues such as muscle, tendons, and joint capsules (position sense); it corresponds approximately to Brodmann's areas 1, 2, 3 on the postcentral gyrus.
Synonyms
primary sensory cortex
somatosensory cortex
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