English noun: geniculate body | |||
| 1. | geniculate body (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | neural structure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | corpus geniculatum laterale, corpus geniculatum mediale, lateral geniculate, lateral geniculate body, medial geniculate, medial geniculate body | ||
| Part meronym | thalamus | ||