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Central connections of optic nerves and tracts

Central connections of optic nerves and tracts — Brain and spinal cord
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

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Central connections of optic nerves and tracts. Orbit.

Region
orbit
Structure
visual pathway
System
special sense, cranial nerves, brainstem, cortex
Focus
optic nerve, optic chiasm, optic tract, lateral geniculate nucleus

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Optic nerve
  • Crossed fibers
  • Uncrossed fibers
  • Optic chiasma
  • Optic tract
  • Commissure of Gudden
  • Pulvinar
  • Lateral geniculate body
  • Superior colliculus
  • Medial geniculate body
  • Nucleus of oculomotor nerve
  • Nucleus of trochlear nerve
  • Nucleus of abducent nerve
  • Cortex of occipital lobes

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.