See Also: superior quadrigeminal brachium(medicine)
brachium of superior colliculus(medicine)
parastasis(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
brachium(medicine)
brachium(dictionary)
brachium pontis(medicine)
brachium quadrigeminum superius(medicine)
inferior quadrigeminal brachium(medicine)
brachium quadrigeminum inferius(medicine)

brachium of superior colliculus (medicine) and parastasis (medicine)


brachium of superior colliculus (medicine)


brachium of superior colliculus


A band of fibres of the optic tract bypassing the lateral geniculate body to terminate in the superior colliculus and pretectal region.

Synonym: brachium colliculi superioris, brachium quadrigeminum superius, superior quadrigeminal brachium.


parastasis (medicine)


parastasis


A reciprocal relationship among causal mechanisms that can compensate for, or mask defects in, each Other; in genetics, a relationship between non-alleles (classified by some as a form of epistasis).

Origin: G. Standing shoulder to shoulder