loading...| Preferred Name | Optic Tract | |
| Synonyms |
Optic Tract optic tract |
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| Definitions |
A continuation of the optic nerves just dorsal to the optic chiasm, formed by temporal fibers of the ipsilateral optic nerve and nasal fibers of the contralateral optic nerve, that carries axons to nuclei within the thalamus and relays visual information to the primary visual cortex of the occipital lobe. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33218 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
The nerves that travel from the optic chiasm (place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers cross) into certain parts of the brain involved in vision. |
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| code |
C33218 |
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| DEFINITION |
A continuation of the optic nerves just dorsal to the optic chiasm, formed by temporal fibers of the ipsilateral optic nerve and nasal fibers of the contralateral optic nerve, that carries axons to nuclei within the thalamus and relays visual information to the primary visual cortex of the occipital lobe. |
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| FULL_SYN |
Optic Tract optic tract |
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| label |
Optic Tract |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Optic_Tract |
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| Preferred_Name |
Optic Tract |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C33218 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Anatomical Structure |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0152405 |
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