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The corpora quadrigemina are reflex centers involving vision and hearing. <sup>1</sup> |
The corpora quadrigemina are reflex centers involving vision and hearing. <sup>1</sup> |
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Image:Gray678.png|Schematic representation of the chief ganglionic categories (I to V). |
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Image:Gray710.png|Coronal section through mid-brain. |
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Image:Gray713.png|Scheme showing the course of the fibers of the lemniscus; medial lemniscus in blue, lateral in red. |
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Image:Gray716.png|Dissection showing the ventricles of the brain. |
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Image:Gray720.png|Median sagittal section of brain. |
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Image:Gray792.png|Upper part of medulla spinalis and hind- and mid-brains; posterior aspect, exposed in situ. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 05:42, 26 February 2007
| Corpora quadrigemina | |
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 Rhomboid fossa. ("Corpora quadrigemina" visible at top.) | |
 Sagittal section through right cerebellar hemisphere. The right olive has also been cut sagitally. ("Corpora quadrigemina" visible at upper right.) | |
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| NeuroNames | 1279 |
| FMA | 242157 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
In the brain, the corpora quadrigemina (Latin for "quadruplet bodies") are the four colliculi—two inferior, two superior—located on the posterior aspect of the midbrain.
The corpora quadrigemina are reflex centers involving vision and hearing. 1
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References
1. Marieb, Elaine N. Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology. 6th ed. San Francisco: Daryl Fox, 2000. 210.
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