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oblique

A plane that is neither perpendicular (sagittal) nor horizontal (dorsal); slanted.

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dorsal ;

sagittal

occipital bone

The bone at the back of the skull.

occipital lobe

One of 4 well-defined portions (i.e. lobes) of each of the cerebral hemispheres that is located at the rear of the brain and processes visual information.

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brain ;

cerebral hemisphere ;

lobe

oculomotor nerve

Cranial nerve III; controls pupil constriction and eyeball movement.

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cranial nerves

olfactory nerve

Cranial nerve I; transmits the sense of smell to the brain (the only sensory information travelling to the brain/cortex that does not pass through the thalamus).

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