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Definition of Quadrigeminal

Quadrigeminal
Quadrigeminal Quad`ri*gem"i*nal, Quadrigeminous Quad`ri*gem"i*nous, a. [Quadri- + L. gemini twins.] Fourfold; having four similar parts, or two pairs of similar parts. Quadrigeminal bodies (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.

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- The quadrigeminal cistern (also cistern of great cerebral vein, vein of Galen cistern, superior cistern, Bichat's canal, or peripineal cistern) is a subarachnoid...
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- The inferior colliculus (IC) (Latin for lower hill) is the prin****l midbrain nucleus of the auditory pathway and receives input from several peripheral...
- The spinomesencephalic pathway, spinomesencephalic tract or spino-quadrigeminal system of Mott, includes a number of ascending tracts in the spinal cord...
- relay information for vision and hearing. The term "tectal plate" or "quadrigeminal plate" is used to describe the junction of the gray and white matter...
- enters the quadrigeminal ganglion Gives rise to the choroidal branches (medial and lateral posterior choroidal arteries) P3: quadrigeminal segment Courses...
- every third beat is aberrant, it is trigeminal; every fourth would be quadrigeminal. Typically, if every fifth or more beat is abnormal, the aberrant beat...
- anteriorly with the interpeduncular cistern, and posteriorly with the quadrigeminal cistern. Each ambient cistern is situated between (the parahippocampal...
- In neuroanatomy, the superior colliculus (from LatinĀ 'upper hill') is a structure lying on the roof of the mammalian midbrain. In non-mammalian vertebrates...