4.12 - THE VISUAL PATHWAY

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What is optic chiasm?

Crossover point for optic nerve at midpoint of the brain

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What is lateral geniculate nucleus?

Region within thalamus that direct visual info through the brain

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What receives 90% of the visual signals from the optic nerve?

the lateral geniculate nucleus

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The primary visual cortex is made up of?

Feature detection cells

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What are feature detection cells?

Neurons that respond selectively based on specific aspects of a stimulus (like angles and edges) as well as specific regions of the visual field

So it accounts for all possible angles