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Corpora quadrigemina

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Corpora quadrigemina

MeSH
  
A08.186.211.132.659.237

In the brain, the corpora quadrigemina (Latin for "quadruplet bodies") are the four colliculi—two inferior, two superior—located on the tectum of the dorsal aspect of the midbrain. They are respectively named the inferior and superior colliculus.

The corpora quadrigemina are reflex centers involving vision and hearing.

References

Corpora quadrigemina Wikipedia


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