Word.ws English Dictionary

superior colliculus

superior colliculus noun: a structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination.

Noun

superior colliculus (plural superior colliculi)

  1. A structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination.

Forms of superior colliculus

pluralsuperior colliculi

Questions about superior colliculus

What does superior colliculus mean?
Superior colliculus means a structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination.
What part of speech is superior colliculus?
Superior colliculus is a noun.
What is the plural of superior colliculus?
The plural of superior colliculus is superior colliculi.

Words near superior colliculus in the dictionary

  1. superior carotid triangle
  2. superior cerebellar arteries
  3. superior cerebellar artery
  4. superior cervical ganglia
  5. superior cervical ganglion
  6. superior colliculus
  7. superior court
  8. superior courts
  9. superior general
  10. superior generals
  11. superior good

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: superior colliculus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “superior colliculus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/superior_colliculus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.