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striate cortex

striate cortex

7.8
The part of the brain at the back that receives visual signals from the eyes
  • noun
  • /ˈstraɪ.eɪt ˈkɔːr.tɛks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : corteza estriada
  • Damage to the striate cortex can significantly impair a person's ability to perceive visual stimuli.

Examples

  • But you see even in a very low power here, look how the striate cortex stands out.

  • Whereas the striate cortex lesions, just like Lashley had concluded, these animals couldn't do pattern vision, but they did have orienting movements.

  • The brain's striate cortex plays a crucial role in processing visual information received from the eyes.

  • Researchers discovered that the striate cortex is essential for recognizing shapes and colors.

Synonyms

striate area
vsstriate cortex
  • Specialized
9.3

Part of the back of the brain that gets signals from the eyes for vision

focuses on visual input arriving directly from the eyes rather than internal fibers
first visual area
vsstriate cortex
  • Specialized
8.5

Part of the brain at the back that first gets signals from the eyes

focuses on visual data coming directly from the eyes rather than optic fibers
area 17 of Brodmann
vsstriate cortex
  • Specialized
9.6

Part of the back of the brain that receives and starts to process signals from the eyes

is framed as input from the eyes rather than emphasizing internal fiber pathways
Brodmann's area 17
vsstriate cortex
  • Specialized
9.7

The part at the back of the brain that first processes what you see

highlights input arriving from the eyes instead of naming internal optic input

Surface Forms

striate cortex singular
striate cortices plural
striate cortices plural

Morphology

striate + cortex

Compositional reading yields 'a cortex marked by fine lines/striae', so a learner who knows 'striate' and 'cortex' can infer it denotes a cortex with parallel grooves. However, that does not transparently convey the specific anatomical role (the primary visual cortex / occipital visual processing), which is specialized knowledge, so the relation is only partial.

Etymology

Striate cortex is named for a clear stripe you can see in that part of the brain: striate means 'striped' and cortex means 'outer layer'. Because this striped outer layer is the first place to get signals from the eyes, the name now refers to the brain's main area for 'sight'.