| occipital |
Pertaining to the back of the head.
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| occipital lobe |
An area of the brain located at the back of the head. It receives and processes visual information.
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| occipital condyle |
A knob on either side of the foramen magnum that articulates with the first vertebra.
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| occipital |
Relating to occiput.
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| occipital lobe |
(L. back of the head): That part of the cerebral hemisphere delimited from the parietal lobe on the medial surface by the parieto-occipital fissure and on the lateral surface by an arbitrary line extending from the parieto-ccipital sulcus to the preoccipital notch. The primary visual cortex resides on the medial surface of this small lobe.
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