Cuneus
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Brain: Cuneus | ||
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Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. (Cuneus visible at left.) | ||
Medial view of a halved human brain | ||
Artery | posterior cerebral artery | |
NeuroNames | hier-139 | |
Dorlands/Elsevier | c_66/12271481 |
- Cuneus (Latin for "wedge"; plural, cunei) is also the architectural term applied to the wedge-shaped divisions of the Roman theatre separated by the scalae or stairways; see Vitruvius v. 4.
The cuneus is a portion of the human brain in the occipital lobe.
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