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geniculate body

DEFINITIONS OF: geniculate body

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n 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

Types:
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
Type of:
neural structure
a structure that is part of the nervous system
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