Ventral supraoptic decussation

Ventral supraoptic decussation

Scheme showing central connections of the optic nerves and optic tracts. (Commissure of Gudden labeled at center right.)
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Latin commissura supraoptica ventralis
NeuroNames hier-372
NeuroLex ID Ventral supraoptic decussation
Dorlands
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c_49/12251853
TA A14.1.08.959
FMA 62052

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The ventral supraoptic decussation is the crossover (decussation) point for signals from the left and right eye, en route respectively to the right and left sides of the visual cortex.

Occupying the posterior part of the commissure of the optic chiasma is a strand of fibers, the Ventral supraoptic decussation (commissure of Gudden, Gudden's inferior commissure), which is not derived from the optic nerves; it forms a connecting link between the medial geniculate bodies.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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