striate cortex — noun 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 • Syn: ↑striate area, ↑first visual area, ↑area 17 of Brodmann, ↑Brodmann s area… … Useful english dictionary
striate area — noun 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 • Syn: ↑striate cortex, ↑first visual area, ↑area 17 of Brodmann, ↑Brodmann s area … Useful english dictionary
Cortex — The outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortex; the outer portion of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortex (a key part of the brain); the outer part of the kidney is the renal cortex (it lies just … Medical dictionary
striate area — see under cortex … Medical dictionary
Visual cortex — Brain: Visual cortex View of the brain from behind. Red = Brodmann area 17 (primary visual cortex); orange = area 18; yellow = area 19 … Wikipedia
Cerebral cortex — For other uses, see Cortex (disambiguation). Brain: Cerebral cortex The cerebral cortex is the outer layer depicted in dark violet … Wikipedia
Extrastriate cortex — The extrastriate cortex is the region of the occipital cortex of the mammalian brain located next to the striate cortex (which is also known as the primary visual cortex). In terms of Brodmann areas, the extrastriate cortex comprises Brodmann… … Wikipedia
occipital cortex — noun that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head • Syn: ↑occipital lobe • Hypernyms: ↑lobe • Part Holonyms: ↑cerebral cortex, ↑cerebral mantle, ↑pallium, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Entorhinal cortex — Infobox Brain Name = Entorhinal cortex Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Medial surface. (Entorhinal cortex approximately maps to areas 28 and 34, at lower left.) Caption2 = Width = 300 IsPartOf = Temporal lobe Components = Artery =… … Wikipedia
visual cortex — n VISUAL AREA * * * the area of the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex concerned with vision; it consists of the first visual area or striate c. (Brodmann area 17) and two other areas, the second visual area or parastriate area (Brodmann area… … Medical dictionary
