| The term preparietal area 5, or Area praeparietalis, refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined parietal region of cerebral cortex. In the human it occupies the superior parietal lobule and a portion of the postcentral gyrus, particularly on the medial aspect of the hemisphere. It is bounded approximately by the cingulate sulcus on the medial aspect of the hemisphere and by the superior postcentral sulcus on the lateral aspect. Cytoarchitecturally it is bounded by the caudal postcentral area 2, the superior parietal area 7 (H) and on the medial bank of the hemisphere by the gigantopyramidal area 4 and the dorsal posterior cingulate area 31. |
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