geniculate body

Other forms: geniculate bodies

Definitions of geniculate body

1. 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
   types:

   corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate, lateral geniculate body

   a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex

   corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate, medial geniculate body

   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

   type of:

   neural structure

   a structure that is part of the nervous system