occipital lobe
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1. that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head (noun.body)
hypernym | : | lobe, |
definition | : | (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus, |
definition | : | a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | occipital gyrus, |
definition | : | any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | area 17 of brodmann, brodmann's area 17, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex, |
definition | : | the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium, |
definition | : | the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum (noun.body) |
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