medial geniculate body
The medial group of a pair of prominent cell groups in the posteroinferior aspects of the thalamus, serving as the last of a series of processing stations along the auditory conduction pathway to the cerebral cortex.
SEEDED workflow status. The source-seeding rules supplied this record; consult its curation history for later attributed changes. This status does not establish human review.
Source attestations
| Source | Label / path | Assertions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREGO | medial geniculate body | 1 | TAXON |
Broader habitats
- thalamic nucleus
BTO:0002452
Associated taxa
| Taxon | Source | Rank | Pool | Corroborated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica FSC162 NCBITaxon:1160704 |
PREGO | 1 | 1 |
Also called
- MGB
- medial geniculate bodies