The motor cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements.
The motor cortex is an area of the frontal lobe located in the posterior precentral gyrus immediately anterior to the central sulcus.
Topography of human motor cortex. Supplementary motor area labelled SMA.
Motor cortex controls different muscle groups
Some commonly accepted divisions of the cortical motor system of the monkey
A biophysically realistic model of the mouse primary motor cortex microcircuit representing a cylindrical volume of 300 μm diameter: 3D visualization, connectivity, dimensions, and neuronal densities, classes, and morphologies
The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. It is the largest site of neural integration in the central nervous system, and plays a key role in attention, perception, awareness, thought, memory, language, and consciousness. The cerebral cortex is the part of the brain responsible for cognition.
Lateral view of cerebrum showing several cortices
Diagram of layers pattern. Cells grouped on left, axonal layers on right.
Micrograph showing the visual cortex (predominantly pink). Subcortical white matter (predominantly blue) is seen at the bottom of the image. HE-LFB stain.
Cortical blood supply
