| NOUN | body | 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 cortex |
|---|
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | thalamus | large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon |
| Narrower | lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate | A neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex |
| medial geniculate body, corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate | 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 | |
| Broader | neural structure | A structure that is part of the nervous system |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots