medial geniculate nucleus
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Introduction
A group of cell bodies in the thalamus that function as the final processing station along the auditory conduction pathway to the auditory cortex.
Afferents
- brachium of the inferior colliculus
Efferents
- auditory radiation to the audutory cortex in the superior temporal gyrus
More general terms
Component of
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999