lateral_geniculate_body (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *lateral geniculate body*:
NOUN	body	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

English > *lateral geniculate body*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex.
Synonyms	corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate
Broader	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
Spanish	corpus geniculatum laterale

HyperDic: lateral_geniculate_body