The Reason the Homunculus for the Motor Cortex Is Shaped

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Multiple Choice

The reason the homunculus for the motor cortex is shaped the way it is (huge tongue,large hands) is that 

• A) it is a drawing of all the motor functions of the body, and it is not drawn to scale. 
• B) the amount of cortex devoted to each part of the body is represented by the relative size of the body part.​ 
• C) it is a reproduction of a drawing done the late eighteenth century.​ 
• D) there is an inverse relationship between the actual size of each body part to its representation in the homunculus drawing.​

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