Espiral Atlas
Central nervous systemNeuroanatomy

Primary visual area (V1, area 17)

area visualis primaria

Lips of the calcarine sulcus, on the medial surface of the occipital lobe: the lower border of the cuneus and the upper border of the lingual gyrus. On the model, the color marks the cortex up to about 7 mm from the sulcus. [CHECK: the width of the band is approximate]

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