HyperDic: corpus_geniculatum_laterale

English > 1 sense of the expression corpus geniculatum laterale:
NOUNbodycorpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate body, lateral geniculatea neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
English > corpus geniculatum laterale: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex.
Synonymslateral geniculate body, lateral geniculate
Broadergeniculate bodyOne 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
Spanishcorpus geniculatum laterale

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