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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·fe·ri·or col·lic·u·lus [TA] the ovoid, paired, inferior eminence of the laminae of mesencephalic tectum; it receives the lateral lemniscus and projects by way of the brachium of inferior colliculus to the medial geniculate body of the thalamus, and is thus an essential way station in the central auditory pathway. Synonym(s): colliculus inferior [TA], corpus quadrigeminum posterius, inferior nasal colliculus, posterior quadrigeminal bodyqua·dri·gem·i·nal bod·ies (kwahdri-jemi-năl bodēz) Four rounded protrusions on the posterior surface of the mesencephalon. quadrigeminal bodiesFour rounded projections from the roof of the midbrain. See: colliculus inferior; colliculus superiorFinancialSeeBodyThesaurusSeeinferior colliculus |