Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 11 compound words that contain geniculate. The most common are listed below. Open geniculate in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- geniculate ganglionA small reddish ganglion consisting of sensory and sympathetic nerve cells located at the sharp backward angle of the facial nerve.
- geniculate nucleiplural of geniculate nucleus: Either of two pairs of structures situated on the lower surface of the thalamus that relay sensory impulses to the cortex: the lateral geniculate nucleus, which relays visual impulses, and the medial …
- geniculate nucleusEither of two pairs of structures situated on the lower surface of the thalamus that relay sensory impulses to the cortex: the lateral geniculate nucleus, which relays visual impulses, and the medial geniculate nucleus, which relays …
- geniculate ganglionsplural of geniculate ganglion: A small reddish ganglion consisting of sensory and sympathetic nerve cells located at the sharp backward angle of the facial nerve.
- lateral geniculate nucleusThe nucleus of the thalamus which receives input from the optic tract.
- medial geniculate nucleiplural of medial geniculate nucleus: The nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.
- medial geniculate nucleusThe nucleus of the thalamus involved in the sense of audition, which receives projections from the inferior colliculus and projects to the primary auditory cortex.
- cortico-geniculateAlternative form of corticogeniculate: Going from the cortex to the geniculate nucleus.
- geniculate nucleusesplural of geniculate nucleus: Either of two pairs of structures situated on the lower surface of the thalamus that relay sensory impulses to the cortex: the lateral geniculate nucleus, which relays visual impulses, and the medial …
Compound words 11
- colliculogeniculatePertaining to the connection between the inferior colliculus or superior colliculus and the geniculate nucleus.
- corticogeniculateGoing from the cortex to the geniculate nucleus.
- extrageniculateThat bypasses the geniculate ganglion
- geniculatelyIn a geniculate manner.
- intergeniculatebetween parts of a geniculate complex
- intrageniculateWithin the lateral geniculate nucleus.
- reticulogeniculatereticulate and geniculate
- retrogeniculateBehind the lateral geniculate nucleus
- subgeniculateAlmost or imperfectly geniculate.
- suprageniculateAbove the lateral geniculate nucleus