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 information
- neuronames:351 (BIRNLEX:1461)
- BAMS:MTh
- BIRNLEX:1461
- BAMS:MetThal
- BAMS:GENd
- Wikipedia:Metathalamus
- EV:0100217
- EMAPA:35376
- MA:0000868
- BAMS:Metathalamus
- MBA:1008
- SCTID:361550004
- FMA:62023
uberon_slim
we follow FMA in making this a subtype of nucleus, but in fact it is a group containing two nuclei
corpora geniculata
geniculate group of dorsal thalamus
geniculate thalamic nuclear group (metathalamus)
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002776
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002144