n :  any of various areas of cerebral cortex believed to be associated with the initiation, coordination, and transmission of motor impulses to lower centers : specif  :  a region immediately anterior to the central sulcus having an unusually thick zone of cortical gray matter and communicating with lower centers chiefly through the corticospinal tracts - see PRECENTRAL GYRUS  .
 
 
 
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