striate area

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   the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision

   Synonymsstriate cortexfirst visual areaarea 17 of BrodmannBrodmann's area 17

   Broadercortical area

   Part ofoccipital lobe

Questions about striate area

What does striate area mean?

striate area means "the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision".

What is another word for striate area?

Close synonyms include striate cortex, first visual area, area 17 of Brodmann, Brodmann's area 17. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is striate area a common word?

striate area is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.