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Descriptor English: Optic Tract
Descriptor Spanish: Tracto Óptico
Descriptor tracto óptico
Scope note: Haz de fibras nerviosas procedentes del QUIASMA ÓPTICO, que conecta con los CUERPOS GENICULADOS LATERALES. Es la continuación de las VÍAS VISUALES que llevan la información visual desde la RETINA hasta el quiasma óptico a través de los NERVIOS ÓPTICOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Trato Óptico
Descriptor French: Tractus optique
Entry term(s): Optic Tracts
Optici, Tractus
Opticus, Tractus
Tract, Optic
Tracts, Optic
Tractus Optici
Tractus Opticus
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.317.689
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065866
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.
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: Optic Nerve (1963-2014)
Visual Pathways (1971-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see VISUAL PATHWAYS 1971-2014
History Note: 2015; use VISUAL PATHWAYS 1971-2014
DeCS ID: 55517
Unique ID: D065866
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Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Optic Tract - Preferred
Concept UI M0333074
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.
Preferred term Optic Tract
Entry term(s) Optic Tracts
Optici, Tractus
Opticus, Tractus
Tract, Optic
Tracts, Optic
Tractus Optici
Tractus Opticus



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