Crevice in the brain separating the frontal and parietal lobes
Central sulcus
The lateral surface of the left cerebral hemisphere. (Central sulcus shown in red)
The lateral surface of the right cerebral hemisphere. The central sulcus is labeled on the top center, in red. The central sulcus separates the parietal lobe (blue) and the frontal lobe (lime green).
Details
Location
Cerebral cortex
Identifiers
Latin
sulcus centralis cerebri
NeuroNames
48
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_4035
TA98
A14.1.09.103
TA2
5435
FMA
83752
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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In neuroanatomy, the central sulcus (also central fissure, fissure of Rolando, or Rolandic fissure, after Luigi Rolando) is a sulcus, or groove, in the cerebral cortex in the brains of vertebrates. It is sometimes confused with the longitudinal fissure.
The central sulcus is a prominent landmark of the brain, separating the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe and the primary motor cortex from the primary somatosensory cortex.
formation of the centralsulcus seeing as the KNOB is the central portion of the centralsulcus folded over the buried gyrus. The centralsulcus begins developing...
The precentral sulcus is a part of the human brain that lies parallel to, and in front of, the centralsulcus. A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves...
The postcentral sulcus of the parietal lobe lies parallel to, and behind, the centralsulcus in the human brain. (A sulcus is one of the prominent grooves...
this is because the paracentral sulcus (branch of the cingulate sulcus) does not correspond to the precentral sulcus on the medial plane. The posterior...
anatomical boundaries: The centralsulcus separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe; the parieto-occipital sulcus separates the parietal and occipital...
groove between tissues called the centralsulcus and from the temporal lobe by a deeper groove called the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure). The most anterior...
"calcar" meaning "spur". It is very deep, and known as a complete sulcus. The calcarine sulcus begins near the occipital pole in two converging rami. It runs...
cortex is located on the anterior wall of the centralsulcus. It also extends anteriorly out of the sulcus partly onto the precentral gyrus. Anteriorly...
hemispheres: the occipital pole, the frontal pole, and the temporal pole. The centralsulcus is a prominent fissure which separates the parietal lobe from the frontal...
seizures, sometimes referred to as sylvian seizures, start around the centralsulcus of the brain (also called the centrotemporal area, located around the...
sensation is located anterior to the central sulcus. Note that the centralsulcus (sometimes referred to as the central fissure) divides the primary motor cortex...
space between tissues called the centralsulcus, and from the temporal lobe by a deep fold called the lateral sulcus also called the Sylvian fissure....
located in the posterior precentral gyrus immediately anterior to the centralsulcus. The motor cortex can be divided into three areas: 1. The primary motor...
fissure medially (to the middle) centralsulcus rostrally (in front) postcentral sulcus caudally (in back) lateral sulcus inferiorly (underneath) The postcentral...
separated by the centralsulcus. Its anterior border is represented by the precentral sulcus, while inferiorly it borders to the lateral sulcus (Sylvian fissure)...
the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus, and behind the lower part of the postcentral sulcus. Also known as Geschwind's territory after Norman...
and planum temporale. Rightward asymmetry can be seen in the right centralsulcus (potentially suggesting increased connectivity between motor and somatosensory...
inferiorly then posteriorly into the superior temporal sulcus then to the middle temporal sulcus. This vessel supplies posterior portion of the temporal...
areas, but are nevertheless still detectable. The surface area of the centralsulcus has been found to be larger in the dominant hemisphere, as well as the...
sulcus in front (anteriorly), the medial longitudinal fissure at the top (medially), the centralsulcus in back (posteriorly), and the lateral sulcus...
a midline basilar sulcus along which the basilar artery may or may not course. There is a bulge to either side of the basilar sulcus, created by the pontine...
frontal lobe, just superior to the lateral fissure and rostral to the centralsulcus in the precentral gyrus (Brodmann area 4). The corticobulbar tract however...
of the perirhinal cortex (in the rhinal sulcus) Area 36 – Part of the perirhinal cortex (in the rhinal sulcus) Area 37 – Fusiform gyrus Area 38 – Temporopolar...
Somatosensory system: The primary somatosensory cortex (SI) is across the centralsulcus and behind the primary motor cortex configured to generally correspond...
position, such as the frontal gyrus of the frontal lobe or the centralsulcus separating the central regions of the hemispheres. There are many small variations...