geniculate body

Noun geniculate body has 1 sense

• geniculate body(n = noun.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;
is a kind of neural structure
has particulars: corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate, lateral geniculate body, corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate, medial geniculate body
is a part of thalamus