postcentral gyrus

Component of the parietal lobe. The appearance and disappearance of the central sulcus were the rostral and caudal boundaries of the postcentral gyrus respectively. The medial and lateral boundaries were the lateral bank of the precentral gyrus and the lateral fissure and/or the medial bank of the superior parietal gyrus respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine). Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the postcentral gyrus is

Component of the parietal lobe. The appearance and disappearance of the central sulcus were the rostral and caudal boundaries of the postcentral gyrus respectively. The medial and lateral boundaries were the lateral bank of the precentral gyrus and the lateral fissure and/or the medial bank of the superior parietal gyrus respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine). The atlas records it as a region at the region scale in the human body.

Where the postcentral gyrus is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the postcentral gyrus connects to

The atlas records 4 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of parietal lobe.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the postcentral gyrus. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as gyrus postcentralis, postcentral convolution, posterior central gyrus, postrolandic gyrus, gyrus centralis posterior and post central gyrus, and 1 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002581, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the postcentral gyrus?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the postcentral gyrus connect to?

Part of: parietal lobe.

Is the postcentral gyrus the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.