Definition of Sensorimotor area

1. Noun. An area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functions.

Exact synonyms: Sensorimotor Region
Generic synonyms: Cortical Area, Cortical Region

Medical Definition of Sensorimotor area

1. The precentral and postcentral gyri of the cerebral cortex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensorimotor Area

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sensomobile
sensomobility
sensomotor
sensor
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sensorgram
sensori-
sensori-volitional
sensoria
sensorial
sensorially
sensoriglandular
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sensorimotor area (current term)
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sensorimotor theory
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sensorimuscular
sensorineural
sensorineural deafness
sensorineural hearing loss
sensorium
sensoriums
sensorivascular
sensorivasomotor
sensorless
sensors
sensory

Literary usage of Sensorimotor area

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Herman Camp Grodinier, H. C. Cordinier (1899)
"... in the motor area ; and, according to these observers, this region is both motor and sensory in function, hence properly termed the sensorimotor area. ..."

2. The Modern Treatment of Nervous and Mental Diseases by William Alanson White, Smith Ely Jelliffe (1913)
"From the point of view of diagnosis and treatment, these tumors should be divided into those of the (1) sensorimotor area; f-1 occipital lobe; (3) temporal ..."

3. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1911)
"... point to an organic perturbation of the sensorimotor area of the right hemisphere, probably mainly in or near the cortex of the central fissure, ..."

4. Pain: Its Origin, Conduction, Perception and Diagnostic Significance by Richard Joseph Behan (1914)
"1 1"> Sensitiveness in pain, development of, 112 individual, 112, 113, 115 in infancy, 111 sensorimotor area. 10 Sensory area. 10 convolutions of. ..."

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