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... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Telencephalon > Cerebrum > Cerebral Cortex > Occipital Lobe

Preferred term

Occipital Lobe  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Occipital Region
  • Occipital Regions
  • Region, Occipital
  • Regions, Occipital

Note

  • diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with BRAIN NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to the preoccipital notch.

In other languages

  • takaraivolohko

    Finnish

  • lobus occipitalis
  • okkiptaalilohko
  • oksiptaalilohko
  • takaraivon aivolohko
  • Nacklob

    Swedish

  • Cuneus
  • Lobus occipitalis
  • Occipitallob
  • Occipitalregion
  • Sulcus calcarinus

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009778

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