somatotopic

somatotopic
Relating to somatotopy.

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so·ma·to·top·ic -'täp-ik adj of, relating to, or mediating the orderly and specific relation between particular body regions (as a hand or the tongue) and corresponding motor areas of the brain <the \somatotopic arrangement within the thalamus>
so·ma·to·top·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv

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so·ma·to·top·ic (so″mə-to-topґik) related to particular areas of the body; describing the organization of the motor area of the brain, control of the movement of different parts of the body being centered in specific regions of the cortex.

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