CENTRAL GYRUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("central gyrus" is a kind of...):

convolution; gyrus (a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "central gyrus"):

precentral gyrus (the convolution of the frontal lobe that is bounded in back by the central sulcus and that contains the motor area)

postcentral gyrus (the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus)