|Brain: Visual Cortex| |Brodmann area 17 (primary visual cortex)
is shown in red in this image which also shows area 18 (orange)
and 19 (yellow)| . The term visual cortex refers to the primary
visual cortex (also known as striate cortex or V1) and
extrastriate visual cortical areas such as V2, V3, V4, and V5.
The primary visual cortex is anatomically equivalent to Brodmann
area 17, or BA17. The primary visual cortex, V1, is the
koniocortex (sensory type) located in and around the calcarine
fissure in the occipital lobe. It receives information directly
from the lateral geniculate nucleus. V1 transmits information to
two primary pathways, called the dorsal stream and the ventral
stream: - The dorsal stream begins with V1, goes through Visual
area V2, then to the dorsomedial area and Visual area MT (also
known as V5) and to the posterior parietal cortex. The dorsal
stream, sometimes called the "Where Pathway", is associated with
motion, representation of object locations, and control of the
eyes and arms, espec