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striate area

NOUN
  1. 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

How To Use striate area In A Sentence

  • The posterior part of the calcarine sulcus has been referred to as an ‘axial sulcus’ because it runs longitudinally through the visual striate area and its margins contain much of the center for vision.
  • Broadly speaking, the extrastriate areas of the cortex form two broad processing ‘streams', both originating in the striate cortex.
  • The normal visual evoked potential reflects the functional integrity of the visual pathways from retinal to occipital striate area.
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