Lateral occipital cortex

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 369218006

Lateral occipital cortex

Definition

Component of the occipital lobe. The rostral and caudal boundaries of the lateral occipital cortex were the superior parietal gyrus and as the last visible portion of occipital cortex respectively. The medial and lateral boundaries were the cuneus/pericalcarine cortex and the inferior temporal/inferior parietal gyri respectively (Christine Fennema-Notestine).

Also known as gyrus occipitalis lateralis, gyrus occipitalis medius (mai), gyrus occipitalis secundus, lateral occipital cortex, lateral occipital gyrus — per UBERON

The Lateral occipital cortex is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as