metathalamus
The metathalamus is a composite structure of the thalamus, consisting of the medial geniculate nucleus and the lateral geniculate nucleus. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metathalamus ]
Synonyms: geniculate thalamic group, geniculate group of the dorsal thalamus, nuclei metathalami
Term info
- BIRNLEX:1461
- MA:0000868
- EV:0100217
- BAMS:MetThal
- BAMS:Metathalamus
- BAMS:GENd
- FMA:62023
- EMAPA:35376
- Wikipedia:Metathalamus
- MBA:1008
- neuronames:351 (BIRNLEX:1461)
- BAMS:MTh
- SCTID:361550004
uberon_slim
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002776, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002144
we follow FMA in making this a subtype of nucleus, but in fact it is a group containing two nuclei
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/ThalamicNuclei.png
corpora geniculata, geniculate group of dorsal thalamus, geniculate thalamic nuclear group (metathalamus)
uberon
UBERON:0002704
Metathalamus