A 71 year old man complains to his family physician that his face "feels funny." An examination reveals numbness on his face and on the same side of his tongue. MRI shows a lesion in the cerebral cortex. This man's lesion is most likely located in which of the following cortical regions?
(A) Anterior paracentral
(B) Lateral one-third of the postcentral
(C) Lateral one-third of the precentral
(D) Middle one-third of the postcentral
(E) Posterior paracentral
Answer: (B) Lateral one-third of the postcentral
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