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Preferred term

Geniculate Bodies  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Part of the DIENCEPHALON inferior to the caudal end of the dorsal THALAMUS. Includes the lateral geniculate body which relays visual impulses from the OPTIC TRACT to the calcarine cortex, and the medial geniculate body which relays auditory impulses from the lateral lemniscus to the AUDITORY CORTEX.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Geniculate Nucleus
  • Metathalamus

In other languages

  • French

  • Corps géniculé
  • Corps genouillé
  • Corps genouillés
  • Métathalamus

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C1J1C6ZD-5

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