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Preferred Name

Precentral Sulcus

Synonyms

Precentral Sulcus

Definitions

A long groove or furrow, located on the lateral surface of the frontal lobe of the brain, anterior and parallel to the central sulcus, and forming the rostral limit of the precentral gyrus; it is usually dived into a superior and an inferior segment and serves as a primary motor area of the brain.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33394

code

C33394

DEFINITION

A long groove or furrow, located on the lateral surface of the frontal lobe of the brain, anterior and parallel to the central sulcus, and forming the rostral limit of the precentral gyrus; it is usually dived into a superior and an inferior segment and serves as a primary motor area of the brain.

FULL_SYN

Precentral Sulcus

label

Precentral Sulcus

Legacy Concept Name

Precentral_Sulcus

Preferred_Name

Precentral Sulcus

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33394

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0228201

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C32292

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