Most of the fibers of the optic nerve cross into a structure called the optic chiasm. The signals from each field of vision cross over to the other side of the brain in the optic chiasm.

Low Grade Glioma of the Optic Nerves, Chiasm and Tracts. T1-weighted coronal MRIs. Note the diffuse enlargement of both optic nerves, the optic chiasm and both optic tracts. One can easily appreciate ...

ONH or tilted discs may be associated with a developmental tumour, particularly an optic glioma, in the region of the chiasm. 25 In about 10% of children (particularly premature females of low ...

In our visual system, the optic nerves normally combine at a place called the optic chiasm. Here half the fibers from each eye cross over to the opposite hemisphere. When this natural partition ...

It converts light into electrical impulses. Behind the eye, your optic nerve carries these impulses to the brain. The macula is a small extra-sensitive area in the retina that gives you central ...