Tags: Anatomical Structure, Brain.
Cuneus (Latin for wedge; plural cunei) is also the architectural term applied to the wedge-shaped divisions of the Roman theatre separated by the scalae or stairways; see Vitruvius v. 4. This shape also occurred in medieval architecture.For the Foraminifer genus see Cuneus foram.The cuneus is a portion of the human brain in the occipital lobe. The cuneus is bounded anteriorly by the parieto-occipital sulcus inferiorly by the calcarine sulcus.
