視し蓋がい

noun

optic tectum

Neuroanatomical term for the roof of the midbrain, primarily involved in visual processing in non-mammalian vertebrates. In mammals, the homologous structure is the superior colliculus.

• 鳥ちょう類るいの視し蓋がいは視し覚かく情じょう報ほうの主しゅ要ような処しょ理り中ちゅう枢すうである。

  The optic tectum of birds is a major processing center for visual information.