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Noun: precentral gyrus
  1. The convolution of the frontal lobe that is bounded in back by the central sulcus and that contains the motor area
    "Electrical stimulation of the precentral gyrus can produce movement in specific body parts"

Type of: central gyrus

Part of: frontal cortex, frontal lobe

Encyclopedia: Precentral gyrus