occipital lobe
Part of the brain that is located at the back of the head and is responsible for visual perception. That includes colour, form and motion. Damage to the occipital lobe can cause difficulty with locating objects in environment.
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occipital lobe
Summary
occipital lobe is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 410 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #162 of 1,372).[2]
Key Facts
- occipital lobe's image is recorded as Occipital lobe animation small.gif[3].
- occipital lobe's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
- occipital lobe's subclass of is recorded as cerebral lobe[5].
- occipital lobe's subclass of is recorded as lobe of cerebral hemisphere[6].
- occipital lobe's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[7].
- occipital lobe's part of is recorded as cerebral hemisphere[8].
- occipital lobe's Commons category is recorded as Occipital lobe[9].
- occipital lobe's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009778[10].
- occipital lobe's has part is recorded as visual cortex[11].
- occipital lobe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02dmln[12].
- occipital lobe's MeSH tree code is recorded as A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.571[13].
- occipital lobe's Interlex ID is recorded as birnlex_1136[14].
- occipital lobe's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Occipital lobe[15].
- occipital lobe's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A14.1.09.132[16].
- occipital lobe's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[17].
- occipital lobe's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 67325[18].
- occipital lobe's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/occipital-lobe[19].
- occipital lobe's UBERON ID is recorded as 0002021[20].
- occipital lobe's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12355[21].
- occipital lobe's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0028785[22].
- occipital lobe's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as occipital-lobe[23].
- occipital lobe's TA98 Latin term is recorded as lobus occipitalis[24].
- occipital lobe's NeuroNames ID is recorded as 140[25].
- occipital lobe's BrainInfo ID is recorded as 122[26].
- occipital lobe's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as bakhodelappen[27].
Why It Matters
occipital lobe draws 410 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #162 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]