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The body is represented spatially along the somatosensory cortex and motor cortex. this mapping is called __________.

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Answer: Somatotopy.

The "map" of the body surfaces in the brain is called somatotopy.
In the cortex, it is also referred as the cortical homunculus.
This is the association between the positions of receptors in the body through respective nerve fibers and their terminal distribution in specific functional areas of the brain;