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MeSH Heading: Somatosensory Cortex
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.670.675; A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.906
Unique ID: D013003
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013003
Scope Note: Area of the parietal lobe concerned with receiving sensations such as movement, pain, pressure, position, temperature, touch, and vibration. It lies posterior to the central sulcus.
Entry Term(s): Anterior Parietal Cortex; Brodmann Area 1; Brodmann Area 2; Brodmann Area 3; Brodmann Areas 1, 2, 3; Brodmann Areas 1, 2, and 3; Brodmann Areas 3, 1, 2; Brodmann Areas 3, 1, and 2; Brodmann's Area 1; Brodmann's Area 2; Brodmann's Area 3; Brodmann's Areas 1, 2, and 3; Brodmann's Areas 3, 1, and 2; Gyrus Postcentralis; Parietal-Opercular Cortex; Post Central Gyrus; Postcentral Gyrus; Primary Somatic Sensory Area; Primary Somatosensory Area; Primary Somatosensory Areas; Primary Somatosensory Cortex; Primary Somesthetic Area; S1 Cortex; S2 Cortex; SI Cortex; SII Cortex; Second Somatic Sensory Area; Secondary Sensory Cortex; Secondary Somatosensory Area; Secondary Somatosensory Cortex
NLM Classification #: WL 307
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Cortex (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 71
History Note: 71
Date Established: 1971/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

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drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

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immunology (IM)

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parasitology (PS)

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surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Nervous System [A08]
- Central Nervous System [A08.186]
  - Brain [A08.186.211]
    - Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.200]
      - Telencephalon [A08.186.211.200.885]
        
        Cerebrum [A08.186.211.200.885.287]
        
        Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500]
        
        Parietal Lobe [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.670]
        
        Somatosensory Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.670.675]
        
        Wernicke Area [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.670.837]

Nervous System [A08]
- Central Nervous System [A08.186]
  - Brain [A08.186.211]
    - Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.200]
      - Telencephalon [A08.186.211.200.885]
        
        Cerebrum [A08.186.211.200.885.287]
        
        Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500]
        
        Sensorimotor Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814]
        
        Auditory Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.249]
        
        Motor Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.624]
        
        Olfactory Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.695]
        
        Somatosensory Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.906]
        
        Visual Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.814.953]

Somatosensory Cortex Preferred

Primary Somatosensory Cortex Narrower

Concept UI: M0590562
Terms: Primary Somatosensory Cortex Preferred Term
Term UI T853739
Date01/17/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Anterior Parietal Cortex
Term UI T856729
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Primary Somatic Sensory Area
Term UI T856730
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Primary Somatosensory Area
Term UI T856731
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Primary Somesthetic Area
Term UI T001089706
Date10/09/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Primary Somatosensory Areas
Term UI T856732
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); SI Cortex
Term UI T856733
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Brodmann Areas 3, 1, 2
Term UI T001089475
Date10/07/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Brodmann Areas 1, 2, 3
Term UI T001089476
Date10/07/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); S1 Cortex
Term UI T001089707
Date10/09/2020
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Brodmann Areas 1, 2, and 3
Term UI T001090385
Date10/22/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Brodmann's Areas 1, 2, and 3
Term UI T001090386
Date10/22/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Brodmann Areas 3, 1, and 2
Term UI T001090388
Date10/22/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Brodmann's Areas 3, 1, and 2
Term UI T001090387
Date10/22/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Secondary Somatosensory Cortex Narrower

Concept UI: M0590563
Terms: Secondary Somatosensory Cortex Preferred Term
Term UI T853740
Date01/17/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Second Somatic Sensory Area
Term UI T856715
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Secondary Sensory Cortex
Term UI T856716
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Secondary Somatosensory Area
Term UI T856717
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); SII Cortex
Term UI T001089709
Date10/09/2020
LexicalTag ABX
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); S2 Cortex
Term UI T001089708
Date10/09/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Parietal-Opercular Cortex
Term UI T001089710
Date10/09/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Postcentral Gyrus Broader

Brodmann Area 1 Narrower

Brodmann Area 2 Narrower

Brodmann Area 3 Broader

Somatosensory Cortex MeSH Descriptor Data 2025