Precentral gyrus

Position of the precentral gyrus (red)

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

• Motor cortex
• Motor neuron
• Postcentral gyrus

literature

1. ^ 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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