occipital lobe

occipital lobe

n.

The posterior lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, having the shape of a three-sided pyramid and containing the visual center of the brain.

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occipital lobe  (k-sp-tl)

The rearmost lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, containing the main visual centers of the brain.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

occipital lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head occipital cortex calcarine fissure, calcarine sulcus - a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum occipital gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe" area 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17, first visual area, striate area, striate cortex - 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