See Also: posterior central gyrus(medicine)
anterior central gyrus(medicine)
posterior central convolution(medicine)
gyrus(dictionary)
gyrus(medicine)
gyrus lingualis(medicine)
fusiform gyrus(medicine)
gyrus subcallosus(medicine)
postcentral gyrus(medicine)
parahippocampal gyrus(medicine)

aphemia (iou) and posterior central gyrus (medicine)


aphemia (iou)



aphemia noun. Now rare. M19.
[from A-10 + Greek pheme voice + -IA1.]
Medicine. A form of aphasia in which words can be understood but not uttered.

posterior central gyrus (medicine)


posterior central gyrus -->
postcentral gyrus


The anterior convolution of the parietal lobe, bounded in front by the central sulcus (fissure of Rolando) and posteriorly by the interparietal sulcus.

Synonym: gyrus postcentralis, ascending parietal convolution, ascending parietal gyrus, posterior central convolution, posterior central gyrus.