PARIETAL LOBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parietal lobe mean? 

• PARIETAL LOBE (noun)
  The noun PARIETAL LOBE has 1 sense:

1. that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head

  Familiarity information: PARIETAL LOBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARIETAL LOBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

parietal cortex; parietal lobe

Hypernyms ("parietal lobe" is a kind of...):

lobe ((anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part)

Meronyms (parts of "parietal lobe"):

parietal gyrus (any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum)

postcentral gyrus (the convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcus)

Holonyms ("parietal lobe" is a part of...):

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

 Context examples 

A long deep groove with an internal and external portion in the cerebral cortex creating a boundary between the parietal lobe and cuneus.

(Parieto-Occipital Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

A horizontal groove on the surface of the parietal lobe extending backward from the postcentral sulcus forming the ascending, superior and inferior parietal convolutions.

(Intraparietal Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)

The artery that delivers blood to the anterior portion of the parietal lobe.

(Anterior Parietal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the brain located in the parietal lobe that plays a role in intersensory processing, language comprehension, and cognition.

(Angular Gyrus, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by neurological damage in the brain, specifically in the occipital or parietal lobes.

(Agnosia, NCI Thesaurus)

The part of the brain located anterior to the parietal lobes at the front of each cerebral hemisphere.

(Frontal Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the pericallosal artery that extends along the parieto-occipital sulcus to supply the medial and superolateral surfaces of the parietal lobe and sometimes the occipital lobe.

(Parieto-Occipital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The fissure of Sylvius, also known as the lateral cerebral sulcus, separates the frontal and parietal lobes from the temporal lobe.

(Fissure of Sylvius, NCI Thesaurus)

The central sulcus separates the primary somatosensory cortex from the primary motor cortex and the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe.

(Fissure of Rolando, NCI Thesaurus)

Further analysis suggested that the changes in beta oscillations primarily happened in the right hemispheres of the volunteers’ brains and along neural networks connecting the frontal and parietal lobes that are known to help control the planning of movements.

(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)