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Agranular cortex
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<p>Agranular cortex is a <a href="/facts/Cytoarchitecture/npnsdK3T">cytoarchitecturally</a> defined term denoting the type of <a href="/facts/Heterotypic_cortex/p8optV00">heterotypic cortex</a> that is distinguished by its relative thickness and lack of <a href="/facts/Granule_cells/waE5b3pU">granule cells</a>. Examples are <a href="/facts/Brodmann_area_30/9LtJrsvB">Brodmann area 30</a>, the <a href="/facts/Agranular_insula/eodRrGGB">agranular insula</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Precentral_gyrus/ljM2xtgB">precentral gyrus</a>, the site of the primary motor cortex. An area of cortex that is only slightly granulated is termed dysgranular. </p>