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Preferred term

Optic Tract  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Optici, Tractus
  • Opticus, Tractus
  • Tractus Optici
  • Tractus Opticus

Scope note

  • Nerve fiber originating from the OPTIC CHIASM that connects predominantly to the LATERAL GENICULATE BODIES. It is the continuation of the VISUAL PATHWAY that conveys the visual information originally from the RETINA to the optic chiasm via the OPTIC NERVES.

History note

  • 2015; use VISUAL PATHWAYS 1971-2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065866

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