Visual Pathways for eye and vision

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unit 4- anatomy

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light pathway

follows light from outside the eyball all the way to the photoreceptors

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visual pathway

follow light from photoreceptors to final destination in the brain

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photoreceptor

1st stop

bounces

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bipolar cells 

second stop 

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ganglion cells

3rd step

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optic nerve

4th step

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optic chiasma

5th step

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optic tract

6th step 

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thalamus

7th step

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optic radiation

8th step

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visual cortex in occipital lobe

9th step

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midbrain- (superior colliculi) 

10th step

stops at superior colliculi because thats the visual reflex