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geniculate body
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | geniculate body - one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortexneural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemcorpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate, lateral geniculate body - a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortexcorpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate, medial geniculate body - a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortexthalamus - large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon |
geniculate body
geniculate body[jə′nik·yə·lət ‚bäd·ē] (neuroscience) Any of the four oval, flattened prominences on the posterior inferior aspect of the thalamus; functions as the synaptic center for fibers leading to the cerebral cortex. geniculate body
lat·er·al ge·nic·u·late bod·ythe lateral one of a pair of small oval masses related to visual function that protrude slightly from the posteroinferior aspect of the thalamus; commonly considered as part of the metathalamus. Synonym(s): corpus geniculatum laterale [TA], corpus geniculatum externumlat·er·al ge·nic·u·late bod·y (lat'ĕr-ăl jĕ-nik'yū-lăt bod'ē) The more lateral of a pair of small oval masses that protrude slightly from the posteroinferior aspects of the thalamus; its main (dorsal) subdivision serves as a processing station in the major pathway from the retina to the cerebral cortex, receiving fibers from the optic tract and giving rise to the geniculocalcarine radiation to the visual cortex in the occipital lobe.
Synonym(s): corpus geniculatum laterale [TA] .
me·di·al ge·nic·u·late bod·y (mē'dē-ăl jě-nik'yū-lāt bod'ē) The medial one of a pair of prominent cell groups in the posteroinferior parts of the thalamus; it functions as the last of a series of processing stations along the auditory conduction pathway to the cerebral cortex, receiving the brachium of the inferior colliculus and giving rise to the auditory radiation to the auditory cortex in the superior temporal gyrus. geniculate body One of the four small oval prominences on the base of the brain lying in relation to the optic pathways and the THALAMUS. The lateral geniculate bodies contain important links (synapses) in the route of visual information from the eyes to the visual cortex at the back of the brain.geniculate body
Related to geniculate body: cerebral peduncle, internal capsuleWords related to geniculate bodynoun one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortexRelated Words- neural structure
- corpus geniculatum laterale
- lateral geniculate
- lateral geniculate body
- corpus geniculatum mediale
- medial geniculate
- medial geniculate body
- thalamus
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