Preferred Label : geniculate bodies;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : metathalamus; bodies, geniculate; Geniculate Body; Geniculate Nucleus; Nucleus, Geniculate;

CISMeF synonym : bodies, medial geniculate; body, medial geniculate; bodies, lateral geniculate; body, lateral geniculate;

MeSH hyponym : lateral geniculate body; medial geniculate body; Geniculate Bodies, Medial; Geniculate Body, Medial; Medial Geniculate Bodies; Corpus Geniculatum Mediale; Corpus Geniculatum Mediales; Geniculatum Mediale, Corpus; Geniculatum Mediales, Corpus; Mediale, Corpus Geniculatum; Mediales, Corpus Geniculatum; 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; Geniculate Bodies, Lateral; Geniculate Body, Lateral; Lateral Geniculate Bodies; Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Pars Dorsalis; Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Dorsalis; Lateral Geniculate Nucleus; Geniculate Nucleus, Lateral; Nucleus, Lateral Geniculate;

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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.

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