Visual Pathways to the Cortex Explained
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ScribdTranslationsVISUAL PATHS
Optic tract or Lateral geniculate nucleus
Optical chiasm dorsal of the thalamus
optical fiber
Geniculate fibers Visual cortex
calcarines primary
ADDRESS
Ancient system
Optic tract Suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus
Mesencephalon and base of the prosencephalon
Optical tract Pretectal nucleus
Optic tract Superior colliculus New system
Optic tract Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus Visual cortex in the occipital lobe
MAIN ROADS FROM THE
EYES UP TO THE VISUAL CORTEX
FUNCTION OF
N.G.L.D.T.
• Optic tract Visual cortex (T. geniculocalcarine)
Geniculate body
lateral
• Filter the transmission of impulses
toward the visual cortex
6 layers
nuclear
2,3,5: Lateral half of the
Action retina on the same side.
regulatory 1,4,6: Half middle of the
retina of the contralateral eye.
Short-circuiting fibers.
Another criterion
Primary visual cortex N.G.L.
Reticular zones of the midbrain
1,2: Magnocellular layers (Y)
Black and white information.
3,6: Parvocellular layers (X)
They transport the color.
ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION
FROM THE VISUAL CORTEX
ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF
THE VISUAL CORTEX
Primary visual cortex (Visual area Secondary visual area of
1 or striated cortex the fixation
They occupy lateral areas,
Construct a terminal station for visual signals previous, upper and
directly from the eyes inferior to the visual cortex
primary. These areas
they receive impulses
Macular zone Occipital Polo Peripheral area Semicircles secondary with the purpose of
of the retina concentric analyze meanings
From the retina
visuals
The presence of the fovea makes visual acuity more pronounced because it has
greater presence in the primary visual cortex than in the peripheral portion
The secondary visual areas
It has 6 main layers the farthest receive
denomination V3, V4...
The geniculocalcarine fibers mostly end in layer IV.
6 LAYERS OF THE CRUST
PRIMARY VISUAL
NEURAL COLUMNS INTERACTIONS OF SIGNALS
VERTICALS IN THE VISUAL CORTEX Visuals coming from both eyes
The activity
Once the signals coming from an eye
The visual impulses penetrate into the
optcas reach the layer The impulses that they remain
IV suffer ascend towards the separated from each other columns of a
transformation to layers I, II, III send their band yes and another no
propagate to the outside and content in sentence when they arrive at IV according to provision
interior of each lateral. cortex layer alternate with the
vertical column primary visual.
signals of the second
eye.
The color stains
in the visual cortex The cortical area This degree of
they receive signals decipher if the zones coincidence between the
Those who ascend by lateral from the respects of the images of both
the layer V, VI excite visual columns visual images eyes allow a
neurons. adjacent and se originated in each person detects the
act by stimuli eye they are in distance to an object
of color (primary zone concordance. stereopathy
to decipher the color)