First Visual Area

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the part of the occipital cortex that receives the fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body and is the primary receptive area for vision

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: striate cortex
plural: First Visual Areas
possessive: First Visual Area's
pluralpossessive: First Visual Areas'

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