geniculate body
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1. 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 (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | neural structure, |
| definition | : | a structure that is part of the nervous system (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate, lateral geniculate body, |
| definition | : | a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate, medial geniculate body, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | thalamus, |
| definition | : | large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon (noun.body) |
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