Lesions of the Eye

Question 1

Lesion A

Answer 1

optic nerve

loss of vision (anopsia) in ipsilateral eye

Question 2

Lesion B

Answer 2

loss of vision temporal

hemifields of both eye

bitemporal hemianopsia

Question 3

Lesion C

Answer 3

• right optic tract
• loss of vision in left half of each visual field

• left homonymous
hemianopsia

Question 4

Lesion D

Answer 4

• right Meyer’s loop
• left (contralateral) upper (superior) quadrantanopsia
• may spare macular axons

Question 5

Lesion E

Answer 5

damage to optic radiations on the right

• left (contralateral) homonymous hemianopsia