optic tract

Term ID

UBERON:0001908

Synonyms

• optic lemniscus
• optic tracts
• tractus optici
• tractus opticus
• visual pathway

Definition

Diencephalic white matter (tract) which is comprised of retinal ganglion cell axons after which they have passed through the optic chiasm[ZFA]. Predominantly white matter structure found in diencephalon consisting of fibers originating in the retina. The optic tract is considered to extend from the point of the optic chiasm and terminates largely, although not exclusively, in the lateral geniculate complex. Other fibers end in the superior colliculus and other structures in the diencephalon, midbrain and brainstem (MM)[NIF]. (2)

References

• BAMS:opt
• BM:Tel-OT
• DHBA:10589
• DMBA:17785
• EMAPA:16678
• EMAPA:35617
• GAID:735
• HBA:9309
• MA:0001099
• MBA:125
• MESH:D014795
• NCIT:C33218
• Optic:tract
• TAO:0000252
• UMLS:C0152405
• VHOG:0001164
• XAO:0004101
• ZFA:0000252
• birnlex:1684
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=460
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0152405
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/280952003

Ontology

Uberon Ontology