striate area
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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
striate cortex — n an area of the brain that receives visual impulses, contains a conspicuous band of myelinated fibers, and is located mostly in the walls and along the edges of the calcarine sulcus of the occipital lobe called also visual projection area * * *… … Medical dictionary
area 17 of Brodmann — 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, ↑striate area, ↑first visual area, ↑Brodmann s area 17 •… … Useful english dictionary
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
area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO … Medical dictionary
cortical area — noun any of various regions of the cerebral cortex • Syn: ↑cortical region • Hypernyms: ↑area, ↑region • Hyponyms: ↑association area, ↑association cortex, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Brodmann's area 17 — 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, ↑striate area, ↑first visual area, ↑area 17 of Brodmann •… … Useful english dictionary
first visual 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, ↑striate area, ↑area 17 of Brodmann, ↑Brodmann s area 17 • … Useful english dictionary
Brodmann area 18 — HumanBrodmann area 18, or BA18, is part of the occipital cortex in the human brain. It accounts for the bulk of the volume of the occipital lobe.This area is also known as parastriate area 18. It is a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally… … Wikipedia
visual area first — striate cortex … Medical dictionary
