Postcentral gyrus
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
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Postcentral gyrus
Definition
Component of the parietal lobe. The appearance and disappearance of the central sulcus were the rostral and caudal boundaries of the postcentral gyrus respectively. The medial and lateral boundaries were the lateral bank of the precentral gyrus and the lateral fissure and/or the medial bank of the superior parietal gyrus respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine).
Also known as gyrus postcentralis, postcentral convolution, posterior central gyrus, postrolandic gyrus — per UBERON
The Postcentral gyrus is a part of the Nervous.