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The central sulcus (aka central sulcus of cerebrum) is a groove along the surface of the cerebral cortex that separates the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe. It also separates the primary motor cortex from the primary somatosensory cortex.
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Central Sulcus
M1 is a striplike area that extends mediolaterally along and in the central sulcus of the human brain just rostral to the somatosensory cortex, and it represents the body from foot, trunk, hand, face, and tongue in a mediolateral sequence.
