MODULE 11
AN OVERALL VIEW
We will organize our description of the visual system into six parts, which correspond to six regions of the visual pathway (Figure 11-1).
----- 1) The region anterior to the optic chiasm.
----- 2) The optic chiasm.
----- 3) The region between the optic chiasm and the lateral geniculate nucleus - in other words, the region where the optic tract conveys information centrally.
----- 4) The level of the thalamic relay for visual information - through the lateral geniculate nucleus.----- 5) The pathway by which visual information traverses the internal capsule to reach the visual cortex - termed the visual radiation
----- 6) The visual cortex.
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