geniculate : Idioms & Phrases

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geniculate body

  • noun 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
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lateral geniculate

  • noun a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
    lateral geniculate; corpus geniculatum laterale.
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lateral geniculate body

  • noun a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
    lateral geniculate; corpus geniculatum laterale.
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medial geniculate

  • noun 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
    medial geniculate; corpus geniculatum mediale.
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medial geniculate body

  • noun 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
    medial geniculate; corpus geniculatum mediale.
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