geniculate body
Noun
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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 cortex (synset 105495075)
is a type of: neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemsubtypes:
- corpus 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 cortex
- corpus 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 cortex
is a part of: thalamus - large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
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