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
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.444
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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