Editing Central sulcus (section)

{{Short description|Crevice in the brain separating the frontal and parietal lobes}}
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| Name            = Central sulcus
| Latin           = sulcus centralis cerebri
| Image           = Central sulcus diagram.png
| Caption         = The lateral surface of the left [[cerebral hemisphere]]. (Central sulcus shown in red)
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| Caption2        = The lateral surface of the right cerebral hemisphere. The central sulcus is labeled on the top center, in red. The central sulcus separates the [[parietal lobe]] (blue) and the [[frontal lobe]] (lime green).
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| Location = [[Cerebral cortex]]
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In [[neuroanatomy]], the '''central sulcus''' (also '''central fissure''', '''fissure of Rolando''', or '''Rolandic fissure''', after [[Luigi Rolando]]) is a [[Sulcus (neuroanatomy)|sulcus]], or groove, in the [[cerebral cortex]] in the [[brain]]s of [[vertebrates]]. It is sometimes confused with the [[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]].