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MeSH Heading: Geniculate Bodies
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.200.317.826.701.444
Unique ID: D005829
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005829
Scope Note: Part of the DIENCEPHALON inferior to the caudal end of the dorsal THALAMUS. Includes the lateral geniculate body which relays visual impulses from the OPTIC TRACT to the calcarine cortex, and the medial geniculate body which relays auditory impulses from the lateral lemniscus to the AUDITORY CORTEX.
Entry Term(s): Corpus Geniculatum Mediale; Geniculate Nucleus; Lateral Geniculate Body; Lateral Geniculate Nucleus; Medial Geniculate Body; Medial Geniculate Complex; Medial Geniculate Nucleus; Metathalamus; Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Dorsalis; Nucleus Geniculatus Lateralis Pars Dorsalis
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0009152
Terms: Medial Geniculate Body Preferred Term
Term UI T017633
Date09/18/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Medial Geniculate Nucleus
Term UI T855319
Date02/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Corpus Geniculatum Mediale
Term UI T856871
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Medial Geniculate Complex
Term UI T856872
Date03/18/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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