| geniculate body | (n) 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 |
| lateral geniculate body | (n) a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex, Syn. lateral geniculate, corpus geniculatum laterale |
| medial geniculate body | (n) 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, Syn. medial geniculate, corpus geniculatum mediale |