Sensory-cortex
noun
1.
the region of the cerebral cortex concerned with receiving and interpreting sensory information from various parts of the body.
sensory cortex n.
The somatic sensory, auditory, visual, and olfactory regions of the cerebral cortex considered as a group.
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