The Pathway of the Optic Nerve

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The optic chiasm

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the optic nerves of each eye meet together a few centimeters behind the eyes

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Right optic tract

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the axons from the ganglion cells from the right half of each eye

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The optic chiasm

the optic nerves of each eye meet together a few centimeters behind the eyes

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Right optic tract

the axons from the ganglion cells from the right half of each eye

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Left optic tract

The axons from the ganglion cells from the left half of each eye

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The optic tracts combines ___ from both eyes

retinal signals

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The left world goes to our ___ hemisphere

right

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The right world goes to our ___ hemisphere

left

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Each hemisphere receives input from the ___ visual field

contralateral (opposite)