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Descriptor English: Visual Pathways
Descriptor Spanish: Vías Visuales
Descriptor vías visuales
Scope note: Conjunto de cuerpos celulares y vías nerviosas que conducen los impulsos desde los ojos a la corteza cerebral. Incluye la RETINA, el NERVIO ÓPTICO, el tracto óptico y el tracto geniculocalcarino.
Descriptor Portuguese: Vias Visuais
Descriptor French: Voies optiques
Entry term(s): Pathway, Visual
Pathways, Visual
Visual Pathway
Tree number(s): A08.612.220.860
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014795
Scope note: Set of cell bodies and nerve fibers conducting impulses from the eyes to the cerebral cortex. It includes the RETINA; OPTIC NERVE; optic tract; and geniculocalcarine tract.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Central Nervous System (1966-1970)
Vision (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(71)
DeCS ID: 15196
Unique ID: D014795
NLM Classification: WW 103
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2014/06/13
Visual Pathways - Preferred
Concept UI M0022780
Scope note Set of cell bodies and nerve fibers conducting impulses from the eyes to the cerebral cortex. It includes the RETINA; OPTIC NERVE; optic tract; and geniculocalcarine tract.
Preferred term Visual Pathways
Entry term(s) Pathway, Visual
Pathways, Visual
Visual Pathway



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