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metathalamus
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The metathalamus is a composite structure of the thalamus, consisting of the medial geniculate nucleus and the lateral geniculate nucleus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metathalamus ]
Term info
Label
metathalamus
Synonyms
- geniculate group of the dorsal thalamus
- geniculate thalamic group
- nuclei metathalami
Subsets
uberon_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/ThalamicNuclei.png
external ontology notes
we follow FMA in making this a subtype of nucleus, but in fact it is a group containing two nuclei
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
corpora geniculata, geniculate group of dorsal thalamus, geniculate thalamic nuclear group (metathalamus)
id
UBERON:0002704
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