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Noun: superior colliculus
  1. An essential visual centre between the retina and the striate cortex
    "The superior colliculus is involved in directing eye movements"

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], nerve center [US], nerve centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: mesencephalon, midbrain

Encyclopedia: Superior colliculus