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/pərˈaɪətəl loʊb/ Listen

Parietal lobe

noun

That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head. Synonym: parietal cortex.

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... fibres proceed to the cortical sensory centres, that for tactile sensation being situated in the post-central (ascending parietal) gyrus; that for muscular and stereognostic sense lying probably in the adjacent portions of the parietal lobe. ...

— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles

Words linked to "Parietal lobe" : cortex, parietal gyrus, cerebral mantle, cerebral cortex, pallium, lobe, postcentral gyrus