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NUCLEUS CAUDAL COLLICULUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
OBS

The inferior colliculi (lower or posterior quadrigeminal bodies) are important auditory reflex centers. Each consists of a compact nucleus of gray matter covered by a superficial white layer and separated from the central gray matter about the aqueduct by a thin, deep, white layer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

Au niveau de la face dorsale du mésencéphale il existe un segment étroit appelé lame quadrijumelle (ou toit du mésencéphale ) qui comporte les 4 reliefs des tubercules quadrijumeaux, actuellement appelés colliculus supérieur et colliculus inférieur.

Spanish

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