Free Flashcard From Ch 12 The Central Nervous System
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Sensory areas:Primary somatosensory cortex-Located in the postcentral gyrus, this area: receives information from the skin and skeletal muscles exhibits spatial discrimination Somatosensory association cortexVisual and auditory areasOlfactory, gustatory, and vestibular corticesSomatosensory homunculus: caricature of relative amounts of cortical tissue devoted to each sensory function
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