Postcruciate gyrus [Postcentral gyrus]

Gyrus postcruciatus [postcentralis]

Definition

Juliette Garnodier

The postcruciate gyrus (postcentral gyrus) is a cerebral gyrus located caudal to the cruciate sulcus, opposite the precruciate gyrus, which lies immediately rostral to this sulcus, in the parietal region of the cerebral hemisphere.

References

  • Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.

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