Another name for the primary visual cortex is
The primary (parts of the cortex that receive sensory inputs from the thalamus) visual cortex is also known as V1, V isual area one, and the striate cortex.The extrastriate areas consist of visual areas two (V2), three (V3), four (V4), and five (V5).he primary visual cortex is the best-studied visual area in the brain. In all mammals studied, it is located in the posterior pole of the occipital cortex (the occipital cortex is responsible for processing visual stimuli).