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頭頂葉 (とうちょうよう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

頭とう頂ちょう葉よう

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よ

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Meanings

1

parietal lobe

Anatomical term for the parietal lobe of the brain.

頭とう頂ちょう葉ようは空くう間かん認にん識しきや触しょっ

覚かく

の

処しょ

理り

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関かか

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て

いる

。

The parietal lobe is involved in spatial awareness and processing touch.

Kanji

頭head, counter for large animals
頂place on the head, receive, top of head
葉leaf, plane, lobe

Related words

前ぜん頭とう葉よう
Frontal lobe, located at the front of the brain, associated with reasoning and movement.
側そく頭とう葉よう
Temporal lobe, located on the sides, associated with hearing and memory.
後こう頭とう葉よう
Occipital lobe, located at the back, associated with vision.

Built from

頭とう頂ちょう+葉よう

Etymology

Compound of 頭頂 (とうちょう, 'top of the head') + 葉 (よう, 'lobe'), a calque from Western anatomical terminology.