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Noun: medial geniculate body
  1. A neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centres along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
    - corpus geniculatum mediale, medial geniculate

Derived forms: medial geniculate bodies

Type of: geniculate body

Encyclopedia: Medial geniculate body