| Cuneus | |
|---|---|
 Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. (Cuneus visible at left in red.) | |
 Sagittal MRI slice with the cuneus and lingual gyrus shown in red. | |
| Details | |
| Artery | posterior cerebral artery |
| Identifiers | |
| NeuroNames | 157 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1396 |
| TA98 | A14.1.09.224 |
| TA2 | 5485 |
| FMA | 61903 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The cuneus (from Latin 'wedge'; pl.: cunei) is a smaller lobe in the occipital lobe of the brain. The cuneus is bounded anteriorly by the parieto-occipital sulcus and inferiorly by the calcarine sulcus.