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optic tract

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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]. [ http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator NIFSTD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_tract ]

Synonyms: optic lemniscus

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C0152405 (BIRNLEX:1684)
  • BAMS:opt
  • MESH:D014795
  • MA:0001099
  • MBA:125
  • VHOG:0001164
  • NCIT:C33218
  • EMAPA:35617
  • Wikipedia:Optic_tract
  • SCTID:280952003
  • BIRNLEX:1684
  • EMAPA:16678
  • neuronames:460 (BIRNLEX:1684)
  • GAID:735
  • DHBA:10589
  • UMLS:C0152405 (ncithesaurus:Optic_Tract)
  • DMBA:17785
  • FMA:62046
  • XAO:0004101
  • TAO:0000252
  • HBA:9309
  • ZFA:0000252
  • BM:Tel-OT
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

plural term
optic tracts [ ZFA:0000252 ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Gray773.png

editor note

relationships need checking by expert. NIF and ZFA both state part of diencepahalon; MA says part of optic nerve II. in uberon, CNS and PNS are spatially disjoint, and axon tracts are part of the CNS so we make the relationship to CNII 'continuous_with'

has related synonym

tractus optici, optic tracts, visual pathway, tractus opticus

id

UBERON:0001908

prefLabel

Optic tract

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606