Tags: Anatomical Structure, Brain.

The central sulcus is a fold in the cerebral cortex in the brains of vertebrates. Also called the central fissure it was originally called the fissure of Rolando or the Rolandic fissure after Luigi Rolando. It is sometimes confused with the medial longitudinal fissure.The central sulcus is a prominent landmark of the brain separating the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe and the primary motor cortex from the primary somatosensory cortex.

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