"Occipital Lobe" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009778
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571
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| Concept/Terms |
Occipital Lobe- Occipital Lobe
- Lobe, Occipital
- Lobes, Occipital
- Occipital Lobes
- Occipital Region
- Occipital Regions
- Region, Occipital
- Regions, Occipital
Calcarine Sulcus- Calcarine Sulcus
- Sulcus, Calcarine
- Sulcus Calcarinus
- Calcarinus, Sulcus
- Calcarine Fissure
- Calcarine Fissures
- Fissure, Calcarine
- Fissures, Calcarine
Cuneus- Cuneus
- Occipital Cortex
- Cortex, Occipital
- Cortices, Occipital
- Occipital Cortices
- Cuneus Cortex
- Cortex, Cuneus
- Cortices, Cuneus
- Cuneus Cortices
Lingual Gyrus- Lingual Gyrus
- Gyrus, Lingual
- Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus
- Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal
- Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial
- Gyrus Lingualis
- Gyrus Linguali
- Linguali, Gyrus
- Lingualis, Gyrus
Cuneate Lobule- Cuneate Lobule
- Cuneate Lobules
- Lobule, Cuneate
- Lobules, Cuneate
- Cuneus Gyrus
- Gyrus, Cuneus
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