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Descriptor English: Occipital Lobe
Descriptor Spanish: Lóbulo Occipital
Descriptor lóbulo occipital
Entry term(s) cisura calcarina
fisura calcarina
surco calcarino
Scope note: Porción posterior de los HEMISFERIOS CEREBRALES, responsable de procesar la información sensorial visual. Está localizado por detrás del surco parietooccipital y se extiende hasta hendidura preoccipital.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lobo Occipital
Descriptor French: Lobe occipital
Entry term(s): Annectant Gyrus
Calcarine Fissure
Calcarine Fissures
Calcarine Sulcus
Calcarinus, Sulcus
Cortex, Cuneus
Cortex, Occipital
Cortices, Cuneus
Cortices, Occipital
Cuneate Lobule
Cuneate Lobules
Cuneus
Cuneus Cortex
Cuneus Cortices
Cuneus Gyrus
Fissure, Calcarine
Fissures, Calcarine
Gyrus Linguali
Gyrus Lingualis
Gyrus, Annectant
Gyrus, Cuneus
Gyrus, Lingual
Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal
Gyrus, Occipital
Lingual Gyrus
Linguali, Gyrus
Lingualis, Gyrus
Lobe, Occipital
Lobes, Occipital
Lobule, Cuneate
Lobules, Cuneate
Lunate Sulcus
Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus
Occipital Cortex
Occipital Cortices
Occipital Gyrus
Occipital Lobes
Occipital Region
Occipital Regions
Occipital Sulcus
Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial
Region, Occipital
Regions, Occipital
Sulcus Calcarinus
Sulcus, Calcarine
Sulcus, Lunate
Sulcus, Occipital
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.571
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009778
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with BRAIN NEOPLASMS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 9963
Unique ID: D009778
NLM Classification: WL 307
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Occipital Lobe - Preferred
Concept UI M0015181
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Occipital Lobe
Entry term(s) Lobe, Occipital
Lobes, Occipital
Occipital Lobes
Occipital Region
Occipital Regions
Region, Occipital
Regions, Occipital
Calcarine Sulcus - Narrower
Concept UI M0590574
Preferred term Calcarine Sulcus
Entry term(s) Calcarine Fissure
Calcarine Fissures
Calcarinus, Sulcus
Fissure, Calcarine
Fissures, Calcarine
Sulcus Calcarinus
Sulcus, Calcarine
Cuneus - Narrower
Concept UI M0592079
Preferred term Cuneus
Entry term(s) Cortex, Cuneus
Cortex, Occipital
Cortices, Cuneus
Cortices, Occipital
Cuneus Cortex
Cuneus Cortices
Occipital Cortex
Occipital Cortices
Lingual Gyrus - Narrower
Concept UI M0590576
Preferred term Lingual Gyrus
Entry term(s) Gyrus Linguali
Gyrus Lingualis
Gyrus, Lingual
Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal
Linguali, Gyrus
Lingualis, Gyrus
Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus
Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial
Occipital Sulcus - Narrower
Concept UI M0590579
Preferred term Occipital Sulcus
Entry term(s) Sulcus, Occipital
Lunate Sulcus - Narrower
Concept UI M0590573
Preferred term Lunate Sulcus
Entry term(s) Sulcus, Lunate
Cuneate Lobule - Narrower
Concept UI M0594182
Preferred term Cuneate Lobule
Entry term(s) Cuneate Lobules
Cuneus Gyrus
Gyrus, Cuneus
Lobule, Cuneate
Lobules, Cuneate
Occipital Gyrus - Narrower
Concept UI M0590577
Preferred term Occipital Gyrus
Entry term(s) Gyrus, Occipital
Annectant Gyrus - Narrower
Concept UI M0590580
Preferred term Annectant Gyrus
Entry term(s) Gyrus, Annectant



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