The unusual drawing of the somatosensory cortex that illustrates how much of the cortex is devoted to various body parts is called the:
A) sensory homunculus
B) motor homunculus
C) cerebral homunculus
D) visual homunculus

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The unusual drawing in question is commonly known as the sensory homunculus, which illustrates the proportion of the cortex dedicated to processing different body parts' sensory input. The other options, motor homunculus, cerebral homunculus, and visual homunculus, refer to other brain maps that depict the organization of specific cortical functions in relation to different body parts or senses.

The Unusual Drawing of the Somatosensory Cortex That Illustrates How