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/curator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_tract NIFSTD ]
Synonyms: optic lemniscus
Term information
- BM:Tel-OT
- FMA:62046
- HBA:9309
- BIRNLEX:1684
- SCTID:280952003
- MESH:D014795
- GAID:735
- NCIT:C33218
- DMBA:17785
- MBA:125
- TAO:0000252
- DHBA:10589
- XAO:0004101
- MA:0001099
- ZFA:0000252
- BAMS:opt
- Wikipedia:Optic_tract
- EMAPA:35617
- VHOG:0001164
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- tract of diencephalon
- contributes to morphology of some brain white matter
- innervates some retina
- extends_fibers_into some cranial nerve II
- part of some diencephalic white matter
- part of some visual system
- extends_fibers_into some optic chiasma