Precentral gyrus

System Nervous

Precentral gyrus

Definition

Component of the frontal lobe. The appearance and disappearance of the central sulcus is the rostral and caudal boundaries of the precentral gyrus respectively. The medial boundary is specific frontal gyri (superior, middle and inferior) whereas the lateral boundary is the medial bank of the central sulcus (Christine Fennema-Notestine).

Also known as precentral convolution, prerolandic gyrus — per UBERON

The Precentral gyrus is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as