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Cuneus cortex
| Name: | Cuneus cortex |
| Description: | Component of the occipital lobe. The rostral boundary was the first coronal slice above the calcarine sulcus where the cuneus cortex becomes visible whereas the caudal boundary was the last slice where the calcarine sulcus was visualized. The medial boundary was the most medial portion of the occipital and parietal cortices. The superio-lateral boundary was the parieto-occipital fissure whereas the inferolateral boundary was the pericalcarine cortex (Christine Fennema-Notestine). |
| Synonym(s): | cuneate lobule, cuneus gyrus, cuneus of hemisphere, cuneus |
| Is part of: | occipital lobe |
| Abbreviation: | CuG |
| Super-category: | Regional part of brain |
| Id: | birnlex_1396 |
| Organism: | Human |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
| Neuronames ID ( what's this?): | 139 |
- This visualization was created by the Scalable Brain Atlas group and is based on the Rhesus Monkey - Paxinos et al. 2000
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| Abbrev | CuG + |
| Created | 8 October 2006 + |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| Definition | Component of the occipital lobe. The rost … Component of the occipital lobe. The rostral boundary was the first coronal slice above the calcarine sulcus where the cuneus cortex becomes visible whereas the caudal boundary was the last slice where the calcarine sulcus was visualized. The medial boundary was the most medial portion of the occipital and parietal cortices. The superio-lateral boundary was the parieto-occipital fissure whereas the inferolateral boundary was the pericalcarine cortex (Christine Fennema-Notestine). rine cortex (Christine Fennema-Notestine). |
| EditorialNote | UMLS and NeuroNames use the preferred name "cuneus". |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Id | birnlex_1396 + |
| Is part of | Occipital lobe + |
| Label | Cuneus cortex + |
| ModifiedDate | 27 April 2012 + |
| NeuronamesLink | http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/hiercentraldirectory.aspx?ID=139 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Species | Human + |
| SuperCategory | Regional part of brain + |
| Synonym | cuneate lobule +, cuneus gyrus +, cuneus of hemisphere +, and cuneus + |
| Umlscui | C0152307 + |