Definitions for occipital lobe
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1. occipital lobe, occipital cortexnoun

   that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head

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1. occipital lobenoun

   one of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head

2. Etymology: from Latin occiput 'back of the head'

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1. Occipital lobe

   The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. The name derives from its position at the back of the head, from the Latin ob, "behind", and caput, "head". The occipital lobe is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex. The primary visual cortex is Brodmann area 17, commonly called V1 (visual one). Human V1 is located on the medial side of the occipital lobe within the calcarine sulcus; the full extent of V1 often continues onto the occipital pole. V1 is often also called striate cortex because it can be identified by a large stripe of myelin, the Stria of Gennari. Visually driven regions outside V1 are called extrastriate cortex. There are many extrastriate regions, and these are specialized for different visual tasks, such as visuospatial processing, color differentiation, and motion perception. Bilateral lesions of the occipital lobe can lead to cortical blindness (see Anton's syndrome).

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1. occipital lobe

   The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain located at the back of the head. It is primarily responsible for visual processing, which includes visual perception, color identification, and spatial processing. It interprets the colors and shapes our eyes see and creates meaning from them. Any significant damage to this lobe can cause visual disorders.

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1. Occipital lobe

   The occipital lobe is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex. The primary visual cortex is Brodmann area 17, commonly called V1. Human V1 is located on the medial side of the occipital lobe within the calcarine sulcus; the full extent of V1 often continues onto the posterior pole of the occipital lobe. V1 is often also called striate cortex because it can be identified by a large stripe of myelin, the Stria of Gennari. Visually driven regions outside V1 are called extrastriate cortex. There are many extrastriate regions, and these are specialized for different visual tasks, such as visuospatial processing, color discrimination and motion perception. The name derives from the overlying occipital bone, which is named from the Latin oc- + caput, "back of the head".

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1. Occipital Lobe

   Posterior part of the cerebral hemisphere.

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1. occipital lobe

   A facet of the brain.

   The occipital lobe is located in the brain and has a role with vision, color and visual information.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 6, 2020  

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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