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PARIETAL 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 below the crown of the head

Synonyms:

parietal cortex; parietal lobe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "parietal lobe"):

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

postcentral gyrus (the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus)

Holonyms ("parietal 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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 Context examples: 

The longer vertical portion of the parieto-occipital fissure, a deep groove, on the medial surface of the cerebral cortex extending from the hippocampal gyrus and separating the precuneus and cuneus as well as the occipital and parietal lobes.

(Internal Parieto-Occipital Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

A gyrus or ridge in the parietal lobe surrounded by the ascending and horizontal sections of the intra-parietal sulcus, the horizontal section of the fissure of Sylvius and the edge of the posterior parietal lobe.

(Inferior Parietal Convolution, NCI Thesaurus)