parietal lobe

nounAnatomy.

the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.

Origin of parietal lobe

First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use parietal lobe in a sentence

We start to feel less isolated and lonely, as blood flow decreases to the parietal lobe, compared to in times of stress, to loosen the sense of distance or otherliness between people, and feel instead a sense of connection, or common experience.
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Later, neuroanatomists argued instead the parietal lobe is more important for intelligence and men’s are actually larger.
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It runs forward in the parietal lobe above and in the temporal lobe below.
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Abscess in the parietal lobe gives rise to paralysis of the face and limbs on the opposite side of the body.
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British Dictionary definitions for parietal lobe

parietal lobe

noun

the portion of each cerebral hemisphere concerned with the perception and interpretation of sensations of touch, temperature, and taste and with muscular movements

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Scientific definitions for parietal lobe

parietal lobe

[ pə-rī′ĭ-təl ]

The upper middle lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, located above the temporal lobe. Complex sensory information from the body is processed in the parietal lobe, which also controls the ability to understand language.

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