occipital

[US]/ɒk'sɪpɪtəl/
[UK]/ɑk'sɪpətl/
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Translation

adj. relating to or located in the back of the head

n. the back part of the head where the occipital bone is located

Phrases & Collocations

occipital lobe

occipital bone

occipital cortex

Example Sentences

occipital lobes are responsible for visual processing

Real-world Examples

Each cerebral hemisphere has four lobes namely frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe.

Source: Daily Life Medical Science Popularization

I see what's wrong here. We did the propagation only to the occipital lobe, not to the prefrontal cortex.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

The occipital lobe processes and integrates visual information.

Source: Carefully listening materials

This part in front, the parietal lobe, the occipital lobe, and the temporal lobe.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Introduction to Psychology

" You get massive synchrony over something like 65 percent of the occipital lobe, which is a lot of cortical territory."

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American July 2020 Collection

If you're enjoying a beautiful sunset, you can thank your occipital lobe at the back of your head for processing those bright visual cues.

Source: Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology

Parts of the brain involved in this mechanism are thought to be the temporo-parietal junction, and the occipital, frontal and temporal lobes.

Source: Life Noggin

Everything from where the actor's hairline ends to maybe we mark they have quite a slope at their neckline below the occipital.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Film and Television

This is a condition someone has at birth or develops in infancy, and it's blindness caused by a dysfunction in the brain's occipital visual cortex.

Source: Simple Psychology

The posterior cerebral artery can also be compressed, which results in ischemic stroke of the occipital part of the brain, which is responsible for processing of visual information.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

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