colliculus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of colliculus
C19: New Latin
Example Sentences
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Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that a brain area preserved through evolution, called the superior colliculus, is more crucial for vision than we thought.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
It is known that the moment someone starts waving, the superior colliculus directs your gaze there.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
Our research shows that the superior colliculus might be responsible for this and may therefore be doing more than we thought.'
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The superior colliculus in the mammalian brain takes on many important tasks by making sense of our environment.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
In the bony fishes the optic tract reaches the grey matter of the optic lobe, a part of the mid-brain, to which the so-called anterior colliculus is equivalent in the mammalian brain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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