paracentral sulcus

{{short description|Groove in the surface of the brain}}

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| Name = Paracentral sulcus

| Latin = sulcus paracentralis

| Image = Gray727 paracentral sulcus.png

| Caption = Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. (paracentral sulcus shaded in red.)

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The paracentral sulcus is a sulcus of the brain. It forms the paracentral lobule's anterior border.{{cite web|url=http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~khayashi/Public/medial_surface/|title=Surface Curve Protocol|access-date=2009-11-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612152159/http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~khayashi/Public/medial_surface/|archive-date=2011-06-12}} It is part of the cingulate sulcus.