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Sensory Areas
Sensory Homunculus
Cortical Homunculus: A depiction of the human brain areas directly associated with the activity of a particular body part.
This depiction of the sensory homunculus illustrates the cortical areas that are mapped to the genitals, foot, toes, hip, leg, trunk, neck, head, shoulder, arm, elbow, forearm, wrist, hand, fingers, eye, nose, face, lips, teeth, gums, jaw, tongue, and pharynx.
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