occipital lobe

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

occipital cortex cerebellum amygdala cerebral hemisphere cerebral cortex brainstem auditory cortex association cortex part of cerebrum brain lobe brain lobes angular gyrus mammal brain brain cortex lobe cerebral lobes
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Hypernyms

lobe

Examples

Plotting group size possible from endocrainial volume, suggests that AMH populations (minus occipital lobe size), had a Dunbars number of 144 possible relationships. Source: Internet

This is a band of whiter tissue that can be observed with the naked eye in the fundus of the calcarine sulcus of the occipital lobe. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

occipital cortex occipital gyrus occipital horn syndrome occipital nerve occipital point occipital protuberance