Parietal lobe

Introduction: Parietal lobe

Description of Parietal lobe

Parietal lobe: [TA] SYN: parietal lobe of cerebrum.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Parietal lobe: that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Parietal lobe: Upper central part of the cerebral hemisphere.
Source: MeSH 2007

Parietal lobe: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Parietal lobe:

• Parietal
• Lobe

Parietal lobe as an Organ

Parietal lobe (organ): The parietal lobe is one of four paired functional sections or divisions of the cerebrum. The parietal lobe plays an important role in processing and feeling sensations of touch, pressure, temperature, and pain and the visual perception of spatial relationships. It is also involved in the thought process that happens before we speak. The parietal lobe contains the general sensory areas and the taste areas.

Conditions that can afflict the parietal lobe include head trauma, parietal lobe seizures, somatosensory seizures, subdural hematoma, cancer, stroke, hemorrhage, and infection.

Parietal lobe (organ): See Parietal Lobe (organ information).

More information on organs: Parietal Lobe:

• Parietal Lobe

Terms associated with Parietal lobe:

More specific terms for Parietal lobe:

• Somatosensory Cortex

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Parietal lobe

• Cerebral Cortex

Source - MeSH 2007

• lobe

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Parietal lobe

• parietal lobe /cortex

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Parietal lobe

The following list attempts to classify Parietal lobe into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• lobe
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nervous System
  • Central Nervous System
    • Brain
      • Prosencephalon
        • Telencephalon
          • Cerebral Cortex
            • Parietal Lobe

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