parietal lobe (redirected from parietal lobes)

parietal lobe

n.

The division of each hemisphere of the brain that lies beneath each parietal bone.

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parietal lobe

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the portion of each cerebral hemisphere concerned with the perception and interpretation of sensations of touch, temperature, and taste and with muscular movements

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parietal lobe  (p-r-tl)

The upper middle lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, located above the temporal lobe. Complex sensory information from the body is processed in the parietal lobe, which also controls the ability to understand language.

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parietal lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head parietal cortex cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum parietal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum postcentral gyrus - the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe"