For other uses, see OSHA (disambiguation). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor. Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29, 1970.
Processing: The primary somatosensory area of the human cortex is located in the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe. The postcentral gyrus is the location of the primary somatosensory area, the area of the cortex dedicated to the processing of touch information.
This lesson is about the somatosensory cortex and it will cover what the somatosensory cortex is, where it is located in the brain, and what functions it serves within the body. Somatosensory Cortex: Definition, Location & Function. An error occurred trying to load this video.