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Abstract
Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to the preoccipital notch.
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- Occipital Region
- Lobe, Occipital
- Lobes, Occipital
- Occipital Lobes
- Occipital Regions
- Region, Occipital
- Regions, Occipital
- Annectant Gyrus
- Calcarine Fissure
- Calcarine Sulcus
- Cuneate Lobule
- Cuneus
- Cuneus Cortex
- Cuneus Gyrus
- Gyrus Lingualis
- Lingual Gyrus
- Lunate Sulcus
- Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus
- Occipital Cortex
- Occipital Gyrus
- Occipital Sulcus
- Sulcus Calcarinus
- Calcarine Fissures
- Calcarinus, Sulcus
- Cortex, Cuneus
- Cortex, Occipital
- Cortices, Cuneus
- Cortices, Occipital
- Cuneate Lobules
- Cuneus Cortices
- Fissure, Calcarine
- Fissures, Calcarine
- Gyrus Linguali
- Gyrus, Annectant
- Gyrus, Cuneus
- Gyrus, Lingual
- Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal
- Gyrus, Occipital
- Linguali, Gyrus
- Lingualis, Gyrus
- Lobule, Cuneate
- Lobules, Cuneate
- Occipital Cortices
- Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial
- Sulcus, Calcarine
- Sulcus, Lunate
- Sulcus, Occipital
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with BRAIN NEOPLASMS (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Occipital Lobe. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009778. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009778
- Occipital Lobe. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_lobe
- Occipital Lobe. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848340