Precentral gyrus
The precentral gyrus is the turn ( gyrus ) located on the frontal lobe of the cerebrum in front of the central groove ( sulcus centralis ).
It has its outstanding importance in humans as a place of direct movement control, the so-called primary motor cortex . Area 4 is assigned to the precentral gyrus according to the Brodmann classification based on histological criteria . It is also known as the gigantopyramidal area. The pyramid railway starts from here .
Damage can lead to jacket edge syndrome.
See also
literature
- ^ Kopsch, F. (1941). The Nomina anatomica of 1895 (BNA) arranged according to the letter row and compared to the Nomina anatomica of 1935 (INA) (third edition). Leipzig: Georg Thieme Verlag.
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