geniculocalcarine tract
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tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the … Medical dictionary
radiation — 1. The act or condition of diverging in all directions from a center. 2. The sending forth of light, short radio waves, ultraviolet or x rays, or any other rays for treatment or diagnosis or for other purpose. Cf.:irradiation (2). 3. SYN:… … Medical dictionary
List of anatomical topics — This page aims to list articles related to anatomy. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date if you see an article that should be here but isn t (or one that shouldn t be here but is), please update the page accordingly. NOTOC A… … Wikipedia
radiatio optica — [TA] optic radiation: a fiber tract that begins at the lateral geniculate body, passes laterally through the pars retrolentiformis of the internal capsule, follows the lateral wall of the lateral ventricle, immediately internal to the tapetum,… … Medical dictionary
Louis Pierre Gratiolet — (July 6, 1815 February 16, 1865) was a French anatomist and zoologist who was a native of Sainte Foy la Grande. He succeeded Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire (1805 1861) as professor of zoology to the Faculty of Sciences at the University of… … Wikipedia
tracto geniculocalcarino — Eng. Geniculocalcarine tract Ver radiación de Gratiolet … Diccionario de oftalmología
Nucleus — 1) In cell biology, the structure that houses the chromosomes. 2) In neuroanatomy, a group of nerve cells. * * * 1. In cytology, typically a rounded or oval mass of protoplasm within the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell; it is surrounded by a… … Medical dictionary
lateral geniculate body — n a part of the metathalamus that consists of an oval elevation situated on the posterolateral surface of the thalamus, is the terminus of most fibers of the optic tract, and receives nerve impulses from the retinas which are relayed to the… … Medical dictionary
