area 17 of Brodmann

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area 17 of Brodmann - the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision Brodmann's area 17, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex cortical area, cortical region - any of various regions of the cerebral cortex occipital cortex, occipital lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head