Preferred Label : cephalopod optic lobe;
Uberon definition : Large lobes of the brain associated with the eyes. In octopods and some squids the
optic lobes may be separated from the rest of the brain by an optic stalk of varying
length. In Octopus the optic lobes contain 92 million cells compared with only 42
million in the main central mass of the brain (J. Young, 1963) .;
Uberon related term : optic lobe;
Origin ID : 0006796;
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Large lobes of the brain associated with the eyes. In octopods and some squids the
optic lobes may be separated from the rest of the brain by an optic stalk of varying
length. In Octopus the optic lobes contain 92 million cells compared with only 42
million in the main central mass of the brain (J. Young, 1963) .
