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Nervous system & sense organs

Cuneus

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Occipital lobe
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The cuneus (Latin for "wedge"; plural, cunei) is a smaller lobe in the occipital lobe of the brain.

The cuneus is bounded anteriorly by the parieto-occipital sulcus, inferiorly by the calcarine sulcus.

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