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OCCIPITAL LOBE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head

Synonyms:

occipital cortex; occipital lobe

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("occipital lobe" is a kind of...):

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Meronyms (parts of "occipital lobe"):

calcarine fissure; calcarine sulcus (a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum)

occipital gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum)

area 17 of Brodmann; Brodmann's area 17; first visual area; striate area; striate cortex (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)

Holonyms ("occipital lobe" is a part of...):

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

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