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Central optic nerve and tract connections, flat labelled diagram

Central optic nerve and tract connections, flat labelled diagram — Brain and spinal cord
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Central optic nerve and tract connections, flat labelled diagram. Superior view of the orbit.

Region
orbit
Structure
visual pathway
View
superior
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 chiasm
  • Optic tract
  • Supraoptic commissure
  • Pulvinar
  • Lateral geniculate body
  • Superior colliculus
  • Medial geniculate body
  • Nucleus of oculomotor nerve
  • Nucleus of trochlear nerve
  • Nucleus of abducens nerve
  • Cortex of occipital lobes

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