Definition of Pulvinar. Meaning of Pulvinar. Synonyms of Pulvinar

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Definition of Pulvinar

Pulvinar
Pulvinar Pul*vi"nar, n. [L., a cushion.] (Anat.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

Meaning of Pulvinar from wikipedia

- Look up pulvinar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pulvinar (/pʌlˈvaɪnər/) can mean: The pulvinar thalami, comprising the pulvinar nuclei within the...
- up the collection called the pulvinar of the thalamus (pulvinar thalami), usually just called the pulvinar. The pulvinar is usually grouped as one of...
- beside the images of attending gods, on a con****uous, elevated stand (pulvinar) but seats at the track's perimeter offered the best, most dramatic close-ups...
- replaced by posterior region pulvinar anterior pulvinar nucleus lateral pulvinar nucleus medial pulvinar nucleus inferior pulvinar nucleus lateral posterior...
- phylogenetically newest part of the thalamus, which includes the lateral nuclei, the pulvinar nuclei and the medial and lateral geniculate nuclei. The surface of the...
- This larger channel then emptied into an underground chamber near the pulvinar. During the second excavation campaign of 1919-1920, it was discovered...
- to eat. The couches (pulvinar) were set out in the open street, or a temple forecourt, or in the case of ludi, in the pulvinar or viewing box, and a...
- Inferior pulvinar nucleus (nucleus pulvinaris inferior) is one of four traditionally anatomically distinguished nuclei of the pulvinar of the thalamus...
- medial pulvinar. In addition, visual processing and salience can be disrupted by thalamic lesions which affect important structures such as the pulvinar. The...
- to the superior colliculus in the tectum, then to the lateral posterior-pulvinar thalamic complex. Approximately 10% of retinal ganglion cells (mostly magnocellular)...