The part of the occipital lobe responsible for processing visual information. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_cortex ]
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- BTO:0001857
- EFO:0000916
- Wikipedia:Visual_cortex
- GAID:679
- CALOHA:TS-1117
- FMA:242644
- neuronames:1911
- MESH:D014793
- EV:0100171
- BAMS:VIS
- EMAPA:36446
- MBA:669
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The visual cortex is made up of Brodmann area 17 (the primary visual cortex), and Brodmann area 18 and Brodmann area 19, the extrastriate cortical areas, in humans.
Term relations
Subclass of:
- cortical visual area
- functional part of brain
- capable of part of some visual perception
- part of some occipital lobe
Related from:
part of
- posteromedial visual area
- posterolateral visual area
- lateral visual area
- secondary visual cortex
- posterior parietal rostral cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- posterior parietal caudal cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- second visual cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- fourth visual cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- third visual cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- temporal visual area b (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- temporal visual area a (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- ventral lateral suprasylvian visual area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- dorsal lateral suprasylvian visual cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- posterior suprasylvian visual cortical area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- anteromedial lateral suprasylvian visual area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- posteromedial lateral suprasylvian visual area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- anterolateral lateral suprasylvian visual area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- posterolateral lateral suprasylvian visual area (sensu Mustela putorius furo)
- Brodmann (1909) area 17
- visual association cortex
- primary visual cortex
- extrastriate cortex
- postrhinal area
- anteromedial visual area
- anterolateral visual area