occipital_cortex (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *occipital cortex*:
NOUN	body	occipital cortex, occipital lobe	that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head

English > *occipital cortex*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head.
Synonym	occipital lobe
Part of	cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex	The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
Parts	calcarine sulcus, calcarine fissure	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
	striate cortex, striate area, first visual area, area 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17	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
Broader	lobe	(anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
Spanish	lóbulo occipital
Catalan	lòbul occipital

HyperDic: occipital_cortex