lateral geniculate

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lateral geniculate - 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 laterale, lateral geniculate body

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

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