striate (calcarine) cortex

Function

• the striate cortex is the primary visual cortex
• the surrounding areas, Brodman's areas 18 (secondary visual cortex) & 19 are involved in subsequent steps of processing visual information

Structure

• the region of the occipital & visual cortex corresponding to Brodman's area.
• it is so named for the line of Gennari, grossly visible on its surface.

Afferents

• the striate cortex receives the nerve fibers of the optic radiation from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus

More general terms

• cerebral cortex

Additional terms

• lateral geniculate nucleus
• optic radiation (Wernicke radiation, geniculocalcarine tract, Gratiolet fibers)

Component of

• occipital cortex

Components

• line of Baillarger
• line of Gennari