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occipital lobe

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occipital lobe [äk′sip·əd·əl ¦lōb]
(anatomy)
The posterior lobe of the cerebrum having the form of a three-sided pyramid.


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Spatially, these comprise the frontal lobe, parietal lobe (at the top rear of the head), temporal lobe (above and behind the ears), and occipital lobe (at the back of the head), with the brain stem below the occipital lobe.
And it is in the brain's visual cortex, which resides in the occipital lobe at the back of the skull, that these signals are interpreted and give rise to perception.
Nerve cells from the retina connect your eye to the parts of the brain that process vision - the occipital lobes which are located in the back of your head.
 
 
 
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