Preferred Label : occipital lobe;
MeSH definition : Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory
information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to
the preoccipital notch.;
MeSH synonym : occipital lobes; lobe, occipital; lobes, occipital; Occipital Region; Occipital Regions; Region, Occipital; Regions, Occipital;
MeSH hyponym : Occipital Gyrus; Lunate Sulcus; Cuneate Lobule; Lingual Gyrus; Annectant Gyrus; Calcarine Sulcus; Cuneus; Occipital Sulcus; Sulcus, Calcarine; Calcarine Fissure; Calcarine Fissures; Fissure, Calcarine; Fissures, Calcarine; Sulcus Calcarinus; Calcarinus, Sulcus; Cuneus Cortex; Cortex, Cuneus; Cortices, Cuneus; Cuneus Cortices; Occipital Cortex; Cortex, Occipital; Cortices, Occipital; Occipital Cortices; Gyrus, Lingual; Gyrus Lingualis; Gyrus Linguali; Linguali, Gyrus; Lingualis, Gyrus; Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus; Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal; Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial; Sulcus, Occipital; Sulcus, Lunate; Cuneate Lobules; Lobule, Cuneate; Lobules, Cuneate; Cuneus Gyrus; Gyrus, Cuneus; Gyrus, Occipital; Gyrus, Annectant;
MeSH annotation : diseases: coordinate IM with BRAIN DISEASES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with BRAIN
NEOPLASMS (IM);
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital lobe;
Origin ID : D009778;
UMLS CUI : C0028785;
Allowable qualifiers
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
False automatic mappings
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UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory
information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to
the preoccipital notch.
http://archives.uness.fr/sites/umvf/media/ressRadiologie/DESradiologie2014/07022014/Pub_M_Braun/index.htm
2014
false
true
false
true
France
French
audiovisual aids
diagnostic imaging
brain injuries
frontal lobe
cerebral cortex
parietal lobe
temporal lobe
auditory cortex
limbic system
hippocampus
occipital lobe
temporal lobe
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http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=FR&Expert=1459
2012
true
France
French
occipital lobe
calcinosis
epilepsy
celiac disease
scientific and technical information
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