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Homunculus - the mapping of the body surfaces in the brain. Latin for “little human.” Commonly used to describe distorted human figure drawn to reflect relative space human body parts occupy on the motor and somatosensory cortex. In the field of neurology, commonly called “the little man inside the brain.”

diagram showing regions of the human cortex corresponding to the respective nerve region - size depicts most sensitive areas(large = more sensitivity/nerve endings)

homunculus model