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Definition of Quadrigeminal bodies

Quadrigeminal bodies
Quadrigeminal Quad`ri*gem"i*nal, Quadrigeminous Quad`ri*gem"i*nous, a. [Quadri- + L. gemini twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.

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- In the brain, the corpora quadrigemina (Latin for "quadruplet bodies") are the four colliculi—two inferior, two superior—located on the tectum of the dorsal...
- the medial longitudinal fissure, through the groove between the quadrigeminal bodies, and down to the superior medullary velum. On either side of this...
- enters the quadrigeminal ganglion Gives rise to the choroidal branches (medial and lateral posterior choroidal arteries) P3: quadrigeminal segment Courses...
- are known collectively as the corpora quadrigemina (Latin for quadruplet bodies). The superior colliculi are larger than the inferior colliculi, though...
- inputs from the auditory cortex, the medial division of the medial geniculate body, the posterior limitans, suprapeduncular nucleus and subparafascicular intralaminar...
- relay information for vision and hearing. The term "tectal plate" or "quadrigeminal plate" is used to describe the junction of the gray and white matter...
- quadrangular space quadrate quadratojugal quadriceps quadrigeminal body quadrigeminal plate quadrigeminal plate cistern quadrigeminus quadriplegia radial artery...
- anteriorly with the interpeduncular cistern, and posteriorly with the quadrigeminal cistern. Each ambient cistern is situated between (the parahippocampal...
- the laterally positioned thalamic bodies, and posterior to the habenular commissure. It is located in the quadrigeminal cistern. It is located posterior...
- gemelliparous, geminal, geminate, gemination, gemini, gimmal, ingeminate, quadrigeminal, trigeminal, trigeminy †gemellus gemell- gemma gemm- bud gem, gemma...