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... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Cerebral Cortex > Frontal Lobe > Motor Cortex
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Cerebral Cortex > Sensorimotor Cortex > Motor Cortex

Preferred term

Motor Cortex  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Area, Motor
  • Area, Somatic Motor
  • Area, Somatomotor
  • Motor Area
  • Motor Areas
  • Motor Area, Somatic
  • Somatic Motor Area
  • Somatic Motor Areas
  • Somatomotor Area
  • Somatomotor Areas

Scope note

  • Area of the FRONTAL LOBE concerned with primary motor control located in the dorsal PRECENTRAL GYRUS immediately anterior to the central sulcus. It is comprised of three areas: the primary motor cortex located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface of the brain; the premotor cortex located anterior to the primary motor cortex; and the supplementary motor area located on the midline surface of the hemisphere anterior to the primary motor cortex.

History note

  • 1971; for PRECENTRAL GYRUS use FRONTAL LOBE 2015-2021

In other languages

  • liikekuori

    Finnish

  • liikeaivokuori
  • motorinen aivokuori
  • motorinen aivokuorialue
  • motorinen alue
  • motorinen korteksi
  • Motorbark

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009044

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