Cerebrum II

Topography of the Somatic Sensory Cortex
Cerebral cortex seen in coronal section on the left side of the brain. The figure of the sensory homunculus is drawn so that body parts are in proportion to the amount of cortex dedicated to their sensation. Each cortex occurs on both sides of the brain but appears on only one side in this illustration. The inset shows the somatic sensory regions of the left hemisphere.


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