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or area, which integrates sensory information from the primary somatosensory cortex (temperature, pressure, etc.) to construct an understanding of the object being felt. Inferior to the frontal lobes are found the olfactory bulbs, which receive sensory input from the olfactory nerves and route those
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signals throughout the brain. Not all olfactory information is routed to the olfactory cortex: some neural fibers are routed to the supraorbital region of the frontal lobe, while others are routed directly to
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The brain cortical regions are related to the auditory, visual, olfactory, and somatosensory (touch,
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The sensory cortex is involved in somatic sensation, visual stimuli, and movement planning.
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Note that the central sulcus (sometimes referred to as the central fissure) divides the
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of the posterior frontal lobe) from the primary somatosensory cortex (on the
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structures. The direct limbic connection makes the olfactory sense unique.
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Index

primary somatosensory cortex
cortices
senses
hemisphere
visual cortex
occipital lobes
auditory cortex
temporal lobes
primary olfactory cortex
uncus
piriform
gustatory cortex
insular lobe
parietal lobes
limbic
proprioception
lateral fissure
central sulcus
primary motor cortex
precentral gyrus
postcentral gyrus
Primary sensory areas


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