On the convolutions of the human brain / by Alexander Ecker ; translated by permission of the author by John C. Galton.

Date:
1873
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Credit: On the convolutions of the human brain / by Alexander Ecker ; translated by permission of the author by John C. Galton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DIVISIONS OF OCCIPITAL LOBE CalcaHna. To this I will give the name of Lohulus Extremus (' Endlappchen'). 3. Whatever lies beneath the Calcarine fissure pertains already to the inferior surface of the Lohus Occipitalis, the convolutions of which pass over into those of the inferior surface of the Temporal Lobe, without the inter- vention of any definite frontier line, and, on such account, had better be considered, in common with the latter, in a special and separate section. ta 4 —View of the Eight Hemisphere on the Median Aspect.—CO Corpus Cal- losum, longituainally divided. Gf Gyrus Fomicatus. H Gyrus Hippocampi, h Sulcus Hippocampi. U Uncinate Gyrus, cm Sulcus Calloso-margmalis. F, me- dian aspect of First Frontal Convolution. c Tennmal portion of the Sulcus Cen- tralis A Anterior, B Posterior Central Convolution. P' Precuneus. Oz Cuneus. po Parieto-Occipital Fissure. o Sulcus Occipitalis transversus. oc Calcarine Fissure. oc' Superior, oc Inferior ramus of the same. D GP^^s De- scendens. Gyrus Occipito-temporalis laterahs (Lobulus Fusiformis). ±s Uyrus Occipito-temporalis medialis (Lobulus Lingualis). 4. On the upper and lateral surfaces likewise no de- finite sub-division into lobules is seen to take place. Only, should the Sulcus Occipitalis transversus i^O) be distinctly