"Geniculate Bodies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Part of the DIENCEPHALON inferior to the caudal end of the dorsal THALAMUS. Includes the lateral geniculate body which relays visual impulses from the OPTIC TRACT to the calcarine cortex, and the medial geniculate body which relays auditory impulses from the lateral lemniscus to the AUDITORY CORTEX.
| Descriptor ID |
D005829
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.444
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| Concept/Terms |
Geniculate Bodies- Geniculate Bodies
- Bodies, Geniculate
- Geniculate Body
- Metathalamus
- Geniculate Nucleus
- Nucleus, Geniculate
Medial Geniculate Body- Medial Geniculate Body
- Geniculate Bodies, Medial
- Geniculate Body, Medial
- Medial Geniculate Bodies
- Medial Geniculate Complex
- Complex, Medial Geniculate
- Complices, Medial Geniculate
- Geniculate Complex, Medial
- Geniculate Complices, Medial
- Medial Geniculate Complices
- Medial Geniculate Nucleus
- Geniculate Nucleus, Medial
- Nucleus, Medial Geniculate
- Corpus Geniculatum Mediale
- Corpus Geniculatum Mediales
- Geniculatum Mediale, Corpus
- Geniculatum Mediales, Corpus
- Mediale, Corpus Geniculatum
- Mediales, Corpus Geniculatum
Lateral Geniculate Body- Lateral Geniculate Body
- Geniculate Bodies, Lateral
- Geniculate Body, Lateral
- Lateral Geniculate Bodies
- Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Dorsalis
- Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Pars Dorsalis
- Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
- Geniculate Nucleus, Lateral
- Nucleus, Lateral Geniculate
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