See Also: lateral cuneate nucleus(medicine)
nucleus of lateral lemniscus(medicine)
lateral reticular nucleus(medicine)
lateral vestibular nucleus(medicine)
lateral nucleus of thalamus(medicine)
lateral preoptic nucleus(medicine)
Lateral geniculate nucleus(health)
ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus(medicine)
central lateral nucleus of thalamus(medicine)
nucleus of lateral geniculate body(medicine)

lateral nucleus of thalamus (medicine) and chassepot (iou)


lateral nucleus of thalamus (medicine)


lateral nucleus of thalamus


The largest of the major subdivisions of the thalamus; the composite lateral nucleus includes, from before backward, the nucleus lateralis anterior or dorsalis, nucleus lateralis intermedius, nucleus lateralis posterior, and pulvinar; together, these cell groups form most of the free dorsal surface of the posterior half of the thalamus and project to a very large region of parietal, occipitoparietal, and temporal cortex; its afferent connections are largely obscure, but the nucleus lateralis posterior and the pulvinar receive a projection from the superior colliculus.

Synonym: nucleus lateralis thalami.


chassepot (iou)



chassepot noun. Pl. pronounced same. M19.
[Antoine A. Chassepot (1833-1905), its French designer.]
A type of bolt-action breech-loading rifle, used by the French army between 1866 and 1874.