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Lateral eyes

Lateral eyes are eyes located on opposite sides of an animal’s head, so the views of the two (2) eyes do not overlap or overlap only slightly, as in the pigeon and rabbit.

Lateral fissure

Lateral fissure refers to a fissure that separates the frontal and parietal lobes.

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Lateral flexion

Lateral flexion is defined as the movement of the head and/or trunk laterally away from the midline; abduction of spine.

Lateral geniculate nucleus

Lateral geniculate nucleus refers to thalamic nucleus that receives incoming visual information

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Lateral hypothalamus

Lateral hypothalamus refers to the area of the hypothalamus that is important for the control of eating and drinking

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Lateral inhibition

rLateral inhibition means restraint of activity in one neuron by activity in a neighboring neuron. It is inhibition that is transmitted laterally across a nerve circuit. In the retina, Lateral inhibition is transmitted by the horizontal and amacrine cells.

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Lateral interpositus nucleus

English: Lateral interpositus nucleus / Deutsch: Lateraler Interpositus-Kern / Español: Núcleo interposito lateral / Português: Núcleo interposto lateral / Français: Noyau interposé latéral / Italiano: Nucleo interposito laterale /

The Lateral interpositus nucleus (LIP) is the nucleus of the cerebellum that is critical for classical conditioning of the eye-blink response.

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Lateral preoptic area

Lateral preoptic area is the portion of the hypothalamus that includes some cells that facilitate drinking and some that inhibit it, as well as passing axons that are important for osmotic thirst

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