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OCCIPITAL CORTEX [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
OBS

occipital: Of the occiput or the occipital bone (the bone that forms the back part of the skull).

OBS

cortex: The outer layer of gray matter over most of the brain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Partie superficielle de la matière grise qui occupe l'extrémité postérieure de chaque hémisphère, formant les aires 17, 18 et 19 dans la nomenclature de Brodmann.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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