occipital cortex

1. That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head (synset 105502017)
   is a type of: lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
   has:

   • 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
   is a part of: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
   same as: occipital lobe

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