The optic nerves to the optic chiasm. Past the chiasm, it's called the optic tract.
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The anterior visual pathway refers to the pathway that visual information takes from the eyes to the visual cortex in the brain. It includes the optic nerves, optic chiasm, optic tracts, and lateral geniculate nucleus. This pathway is responsible for transmitting visual signals from the retina to the brain for processing and interpretation.
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Releasing hormones are sent from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary by way of a special circulatory pathway called the hypophyseal portal system. This system allows releasing hormones to reach the anterior pituitary quickly and directly, regulating the release of various hormones from the pituitary gland.
each eye is not primarily connected to one hemisphere only instead, each visual half field is projected to the opposite hemisphere so, if an image is seen in the right visual field it would be seen in the left hemisphere and if an image is seen in the left visual field it would be seen in the right hemisphere
The neural pathway for vision starts with photoreceptors in the retina that send signals through the optic nerve to the brain's visual cortex via the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. The visual cortex then processes and interprets these signals to create the sensation of vision.
The first way station in the visual pathway from the eye is the retina. Light enters the eye and is focused onto the retina, where photoreceptor cells convert the light into electrical signals that are then transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve.