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Definition of Occipital gyrus
1. Noun. Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occipital Gyrus
Literary usage of Occipital gyrus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"That is the fusiform (temporo-occipital gyrus). It extends from near the occipital
pole forward and forms the temporal pole. The posterior nine-tenths of ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Sulcus occipi- tn lis inferior, a longitudinal fissure of the occipital lobe
separating the second from the third occipital gyrus. ..."
3. The Eye and Nervous System: Their Diagnostic Relations by William Campbell Posey, William Gibson Spiller (1906)
"Seguiu limited the visual cortex to the cuneus; Nothnagel limited it to the cuneus
and first occipital gyrus; Vialet to the entire medial part of the ..."
4. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1881)
"Angular gyrus (lesion of b and c causes blindness, etc), d. First occipital gyrus.
e. Second occipital gyrus. f. Third occipital gyrus. ..."
5. Collected Contributions from the State Board of Insanity and the State by Massachusetts State Board of Insanity, Boston State Hospital Psychopathic Dept (1916)
"266), and display relatively intact (beginning at a point superior to the lesion
and skirting the left hemisphere) the first occipital gyrus, ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The inferior temporal gyrus is placed below the middle temporal sulcus, and is
connected behind with the inferior occipital gyrus; it also extends around ..."
7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"... first occipital convolution sank nearly beneath the surface, the next occipital
gyrus projecting over it, forming a partial operculum. ..."
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