See Also: trapezoid body(medicine)
dorsal nucleus of trapezoid body(medicine)
ventral nucleus of trapezoid body(medicine)
trapezoid(medicine)
trapezoid(dictionary)
trapezoid(dictionary)
trapezoid bone(medicine)
trapezoid ligament(medicine)
trapezoid line(medicine)
trapezoid ridge(medicine)

Koma (iou) and trapezoid body (medicine)


Koma (iou)



Koma noun & adjective. Pl. of noun same. E20.
[Local name.]
Of or pertaining to, a member of, a people living near the border of Sudan and Ethiopia along the Blue Nile and its tributaries; (of) their language.
Koman noun & adjective (designating) a group of Languages of Sudan and Ethiopia that includes Koma M20.

trapezoid body (medicine)


trapezoid body


A plate of transverse fibres running over the dorsal (deep) border of the pontine nuclei; it is formed by ascending auditory fibres that cross to the opposite side of the brainstem.

Synonym: corpus trapezoideum, trapezoid.