Corpora bigemina –>
bigeminal bodies
a bilateral single swelling of the roofplate of the embryonic midbrain that later in development becomes subdivided into a superior and an inferior colliculus.
See: quadrigeminal bodies.
Synonym: corpora bigemina.
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