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Occipital lobe   /ɑksˈɪpətəl loʊb/   Listen
Occipital lobe

noun
1.
That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head.  Synonym: occipital cortex.






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"Occipital lobe" Quotes from Famous Books



... defects produced in the area of the visual field. I am extremely indebted to my colleague, Mr. J. H. Fisher, who has kindly determined this for me in three of the following cases. It will be noted that in two instances the injury was to the left occipital lobe. In these the resulting hemianopsia was of the pure lateral homonymous character, and in both the visual symptoms were accompanied by a certain degree of amnesic ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins



Words linked to "Occipital lobe" :   area 17 of Brodmann, striate area, occipital gyrus, pallium, cortex, lobe, striate cortex, first visual area, cerebral mantle, Brodmann's area 17, cerebral cortex, calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus



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