Lateral geniculate body
System
Nervous
SNOMED CT
362377006
Lateral geniculate body
Definition
The group of neurons that serve as the primary processor of visual information received from the retina via the optic tract and send processed information to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe.
Also known as corpus geniculatum laterales, lateral geniculate complex, lateral geniculate nucleus, nucleus geniculatus lateralis — per UBERON
The Lateral geniculate body is a part of the Nervous.