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Optic Lobe
| Medical Definition: | In invertebrate zoology, a lateral lobe of the FOREBRAIN in certain ARTHROPODS. In vertebrate zoology, either of the corpora bigemina of non-mammalian VERTEBRATES. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed, p1329) |
| Guide Notes: | in invertebrates and non-mammalian vertebrates; do not confuse with optic lobe in humans and other mammals ( = CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA) |
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