Noun: lateral geniculate body
- A neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
"Damage to the lateral geniculate body can result in specific visual field defects";
- corpus geniculatum laterale, lateral geniculate
Derived forms: lateral geniculate bodies
Type of: geniculate body
Encyclopedia: Lateral geniculate body