a small elevation, as on the surface of the optic lobe of the brain
Word origin
C19: New Latin
Examples of 'colliculi' in a sentence
colliculi
Cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, pons and colliculi, were routinely processed for histology.
Elvio E. Ríos, Luciana A. Cholich, Eduardo J. Gimeno, María G. Guidi, Ofelia C. Acostade Pérez 2012, 'Experimental poisoning of goats by Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa in Argentina: aclinic and pathological correlation with special consideration on the central nervoussystem', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2012000100007&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In some cases mild malacia was also observed in the rostral colliculi, pons, medulla, cerebellum and cervical spinal cord.
Fabiana Elias, Ana Lucia Schild, Franklin Riet-Correa 2004, 'Meningoencefalite e encefalomalacia por Herpesvírus bovino-5: distribuição das lesõesno sistema nervoso central de bovinos naturalmente infectados Bovine herpesvirus type-5meningoencephalitis and malacia: histological lesions distribution in the centralnervous system of naturally infected cattle', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2004000300003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The stillborn calf had mild spongiosis of the white matter of the cerebellum, thalamus and rostral colliculi.
Maria del Carmen García y Santos, Ana Lucia Schild, Severo Sales de Barros, FranklinRiet-Correa, Fabiana Elias, Adriano T. Ramos 2004, 'Lesões perinatais em bovinos na intoxicação experimental por Ateleia glazioviana (Leg.Papilionoideae)Perinatal lesions in cattle experimentally poisoned by Ateleia glazioviana (Leg. Papilionoideae)',Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2004000400002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)