Visual pathway and Lesions on the Visual Pathway Flashcards
Thin, transparent membrane where images are cast and where nerve impulses are generated and conveyed to the optic nerve
Retina
- Nerve of sight
- Functions to unite the brain and the retina
OPTIC NERVE
the Non-decussating, uncrossed, external/lateral fibers and
Decussating, crossed, internal/medial fibers
OPTIC CHIASMA
Posterior continuation of optic chiasma with its fibers terminating at lateral geniculate body
OPTIC TRACT
- Serves as the end station for some visual fibers
- Regarded as sub-cortical visual center of brain, serving as a relay station between retina and cortex
LATERAL GENICULATE BODY
Carry visual impulse to area striata
OPTIC RADIATION
Visual/optic center of the brain located at medial aspect of the occipital lobe True visual cortex (true receptive center of visual impressions)
VISUAL CORTEX/ AREA STRIATA/ BROADMAN AREA #17
Any problems on the pathway is projected on what side of the visual field?
Opposite
complete inability of the eye to see
Blindness
one eye is completely blind
monocular/uniocular blindness
half blindness
HEMIANOPSLA/HEMIANOPIA
Loss of vision on either temporal side (peripheral blindness) or nasal side (central blindness)
HETERONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA
- Loss of either right or left hemifield
- Both eyes are blind to either right or left side
HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPSIA
- Hemianopsia on both eyes are completely symmetrical in extent and intensity
- Same size, shape and position
- Damage/lesion is closer to the brain
CONGROUS HEMIANOPSIA
- Visual field defects are dissimilar in both eyes
- Damage /lesion is farther to the brain
INCONGROUS HEMIANOPSIA
damage on the optic nerve
total blindness of the affected eye
damage on the OPTIC CHIASMA
heteronymous hemianopsia