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Define 'sensory homunculus"

Author: Donata Nshimyicizanye

Define 'sensory homunculus"



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The sensory homunculus is the sensory fields of the body that are mapped in the parietal cortex in a pattern. Body parts of sensory homunculus are proportional to the amount of cerebral cortex devoted to a given body region and to how richly that region is innervated.


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