Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
lateral geniculate body
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001926
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. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Term info
Label
lateral geniculate body
Synonyms
- corpus geniculatum laterales
- lateral geniculate complex
- lateral geniculate nucleus
- nucleus geniculatus lateralis
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
RO 0002175
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Gray719.png
external ontology notes
BTO has distinct classes for body and nucleus, but other sources treat as identical
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
corpus geniculatus lateralis, nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis, LGB, external geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, corpus geniculatum externum
id
UBERON:0001926
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical entity
- part of some brain
- part of some diencephalon
- part of some dorsal plus ventral thalamus
- part of some central nervous system