medial geniculate body

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   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

   Synonymscorpus geniculatum medialemedial geniculate

   Broadergeniculate body

Questions about medial geniculate body

What does medial geniculate body mean?

medial geniculate body means "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".

What is another word for medial geniculate body?

Close synonyms include corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.