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cranial nerves

In human nervous system: Optic nerve (CN II or 2)
In this way the optic tracts, which extend from the chiasm to the thalamus, contain fibers conveying information from both eyes. Injury to one optic nerve therefore results in total blindness of that eye, while damage to the optic tract on one side results in partial blindness in both…
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human visual system

In human eye: The visual pathway
…this point are called the optic tracts, containing nerve fibres from both retinas. The result of the partial decussation is that an object in, say, the right-hand visual field produces effects in the two eyes that are transmitted to the left-hand side of the brain only. With cutaneous (skin) sensation…
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