Corpora quadrigemina

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 361579006

Corpora quadrigemina

Definition

Either of the two pairs of colliculi on the dorsal surface of the midbrain composed of white matter externally and gray matter within, the superior pair containing correlation centers for optic reflexes and the inferior pair containing correlation centers for auditory reflexes[BTO].

Also known as colliculi, corpora quadrigemina, quadrigeminal body — per UBERON

The Corpora quadrigemina is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as