In neuroanatomy, the optic chiasm, or optic chiasma ( /ɒptɪk kaɪæzəm/; from Greek χίασμα 'crossing', from Ancient Greek χιάζω 'to mark with an X'), is...

photoreceptors. The optic nerve leaves the orbit (eye socket) via the optic canal, running postero-medially towards the optic chiasm, where there is a partial...

cross, such that the order of the functional map is reversed, e.g., the optic chiasms of various invertebrates such as insects and cephalopods. Type IV: A...

long axon that extends into the brain. These axons form the optic nerve, optic chiasm, and optic tract. A small percentage of retinal ganglion cells contribute...

Compression of the optic chiasm is associated with pituitary adenoma, Craniopharyngioma, Meningioma etc. A lesion involving complete optic chiasm, which disrupts...

pulses using rods and cones. The optic nerve then carries these pulses through the optic canal. Upon reaching the optic chiasm the nerve fibers decussate (left...

Look up chiasm, chiasma, chiasmata, or chiasms in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chiasm may refer to: Chiasm (musical project), an electronic music project...

visual field. It is usually associated with lesions of the optic chiasm, the area where the optic nerves from the right and left eyes cross near the pituitary...

apnea Thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer Hypogonadism Compression of the optic chiasm by the growth of pituitary adenoma leading to visual problems About 98%...

manifestations of neurofibromatosis 1. Optic gliomas are usually pilocytic tumors, and can involve the optic nerve or optic chiasm. Optic gliomas are usually associated...

of the optic chiasm, manifesting as various impairments of the affected's visual field according to the location of the lesion along the optic nerve....

is a continuation of the optic nerve that relays information from the optic chiasm to the ipsilateral lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), pretectal nuclei...

that allow people to have continuous and peripheral vision (see Optic chiasm). Chiasm is produced in Detroit, MI United States. At the age of five, Emileigh...

show chiasmas: (1) the chiasm of the optic tract (i.e., cranial nerve II), which originates from the eyes and inserts on the optic tectum of the midbrain;...

Newton–Müller–Gudden (NGM) saying: that the degree of optic fibre decussation in the optic chiasm is contrariwise related to the degree of frontal orientation...

brain. The nucleus is situated at the base of the brain, adjacent to the optic chiasm. In humans, the SON contains about 3,000 neurons. The cell bodies produce...

condition called bitemporal hemianopsia. If originating superior to the optic chiasm, more commonly in a craniopharyngioma of the pituitary stalk, the visual...

tuberculum sellae. The opening of each optic canal is placed at either lateral end of the chiasmatic sulcus. The optic chiasm is situated superior and quite posterior...

including humans, have eyes that are directed forward. Primates also have an optic chiasm (OC), with 45 percent made up of uncrossed nerves.[citation needed] The...

small subarachnoid cistern related to the optic chiasm. The cistern is situated superior to the optic chiasm, and inferior to the rostrum of corpus callosum...

initial manifestation of the disease is inflammation of the optic nerve and/or optic chiasm (optic neuritis, ON). ON may lead to varying degrees of visual...

chiasma is reserved for crossing of- or within nerves such as in the optic chiasm. In botanical leaf taxology, the word decussate describes an opposite...

within the anatomy of the Retinal Ganglion Cells (RGC), optic nerve, optic chiasm, and optic tract. These disturbances are multifactorial, their aetiology...

pellucidum with hypoplasia of the optic nerves and chiasm in 1956. The symptoms of SOD can be divided into those related to optic nerve underdevelopment, pituitary...

position of the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, and the pancreas Optic chiasm chiasm of the trochlear nerve Non-crossed olfactory tract Aurofacial asymmetry...

region of the brain in the hypothalamus, situated directly above the optic chiasm. It is the principal circadian pacemaker in mammals, responsible for...

stem, the frontal lobe, the basilar artery, the pituitary gland and the optic chiasm. Alternatively, it has been observed that the red cloth around God has...

hypothalamus forming the floor of the third ventricle situated between the optic chiasm, and the mammillary bodies. The tuberal region is one of the three regions...

monosynaptically, to the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) via the optic nerve and the optic chiasm. The suprachiasmatic nuclei receive and interpret information...

pressing on the optic chiasm. The pituitary, seated in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone, is directly inferior to the optic chiasm. The axons that...