cuneus
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Anatomy. a wedge-shaped convolution on the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum.
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Entomology. a wedge-shaped segment of the corium of certain hemipterous insects.
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Origin of cuneus
< Latin: wedge
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The increased activity in the cuneus might reflect a change in how often older adults look at these pieces, as a strategy to make up for their poorer visual memory.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
But of the two, only activity in the cuneus region was related to performance of the task more strongly in the older than younger volunteers, and contained extra information about the task beyond the MDN.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
Although it is not clear exactly why the cuneus should be recruited for this task, the researchers point out that this brain region is usually good at helping us stay focused on what we see.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
These areas were the cuneus, at the rear of the brain, and a region in the frontal cortex.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
Appendix: a supplementary or additional piece or part, added to or attached to another: in Heteroptera; = cuneus, q.v.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Travellers at an early date had noticed these inscriptions at Persepolis and elsewhere, and while some compared the forms of the characters composing them to arrows, others considered them to be wedges, cunei in Latin.
From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
It is so called because the letters appear to to be formed of little cunei, wedges, or nails.
From St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
The arrangement of the seats was the same as in theatres; they were divided horizontally by præcinctiones, and vertically into cunei by staircases.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Different tribes had particular cunei allotted to them.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
She could hardly have been more dismayed if one of Caesar's cunei, or wedges of soldiers, had made a charge against her.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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