#geniculate_body 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
supertype: #neural_structure a structure that is part of the nervous system
part of: #thalamus
subtype: #lateral_geniculate_body__corpus_geniculatum_laterale a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
subtype: #medial_geniculate_body__corpus_geniculatum_mediale 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
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