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OPTIC THALAMUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

An eminence of the metathalamus produced by the underlying lateral geniculate nucleus, just lateral to the medial geniculate body. It relays visual impulses from the optic tract to the calcarine cortex.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Noyau du thalamus, situé dans le diencéphale au-dessous du pulvinar.

OBS

Il se présente sous forme d'une saillie arrondie et sert de relais synaptique aux voies optiques se dirigeant vers le cortex visuel.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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