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striate (calcarine) cortex
Structure:
- the region of the occipital & visual cortex corresponding to Brodman's area.
- it is so named for the line of Gennari, grossly visible on its surface.
Afferents:
- the striate cortex receives the nerve fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus
Function:
- the striate cortex is the primary visual cortex
- the surrounding areas, Brodman's areas 18 (secondary visual cortex) & 19 are involved in subsequent steps of processing visual information
Related
lateral geniculate nucleus
optic radiation (Wernicke radiation, geniculocalcarine tract, Gratiolet fibers)
General
cerebral cortex
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Component-of
occipital cortex
Components
line of Baillarger
line of Gennari