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Descriptor English: Geniculate Bodies
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpos Geniculados
Descriptor cuerpos geniculados
Entry term(s) cuerpo geniculado lateral
cuerpo geniculado medial
metatálamo
Scope note: Porción del DIENCÉFALO inferior situada en el extremo caudal del TÁLAMO dorsal. Incluye el cuerpo geniculado lateral, que transmite impulsos visuales desde el TRACTO ÓPTICO hacia la corteza calcarina, y el cuerpo geniculado medial que transmite impulsos auditivos desde el lemnisco lateral hasta la CORTEZA AUDITIVA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Corpos Geniculados
Descriptor French: Corps géniculés
Entry term(s): Bodies, Geniculate
Complex, Medial Geniculate
Complices, Medial Geniculate
Corpus Geniculatum Mediale
Corpus Geniculatum Mediales
Geniculate Bodies, Lateral
Geniculate Bodies, Medial
Geniculate Body
Geniculate Body, Lateral
Geniculate Body, Medial
Geniculate Complex, Medial
Geniculate Complices, Medial
Geniculate Nucleus
Geniculate Nucleus, Lateral
Geniculate Nucleus, Medial
Geniculatum Mediale, Corpus
Geniculatum Mediales, Corpus
Lateral Geniculate Bodies
Lateral Geniculate Body
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
Medial Geniculate Bodies
Medial Geniculate Body
Medial Geniculate Complex
Medial Geniculate Complices
Medial Geniculate Nucleus
Mediale, Corpus Geniculatum
Mediales, Corpus Geniculatum
Metathalamus
Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Dorsalis
Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Pars Dorsalis
Nucleus, Geniculate
Nucleus, Lateral Geniculate
Nucleus, Medial Geniculate
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.317.826.701.444
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005829
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 5965
Unique ID: D005829
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Geniculate Bodies - Preferred
Concept UI M0009150
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Geniculate Bodies
Entry term(s) Bodies, Geniculate
Geniculate Body
Geniculate Nucleus
Metathalamus
Nucleus, Geniculate
Medial Geniculate Body - Narrower
Concept UI M0009152
Preferred term Medial Geniculate Body
Entry term(s) Complex, Medial Geniculate
Complices, Medial Geniculate
Corpus Geniculatum Mediale
Corpus Geniculatum Mediales
Geniculate Bodies, Medial
Geniculate Body, Medial
Geniculate Complex, Medial
Geniculate Complices, Medial
Geniculate Nucleus, Medial
Geniculatum Mediale, Corpus
Geniculatum Mediales, Corpus
Medial Geniculate Bodies
Medial Geniculate Complex
Medial Geniculate Complices
Medial Geniculate Nucleus
Mediale, Corpus Geniculatum
Mediales, Corpus Geniculatum
Nucleus, Medial Geniculate
Lateral Geniculate Body - Narrower
Concept UI M0009151
Preferred term Lateral Geniculate Body
Entry term(s) Geniculate Bodies, Lateral
Geniculate Body, Lateral
Geniculate Nucleus, Lateral
Lateral Geniculate Bodies
Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Dorsalis
Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Pars Dorsalis
Nucleus, Lateral Geniculate



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