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optic (nerve) tract

nerve fiber originating from the optic chiasm
Class type of: nerve trunk Q1079316

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
nerve type, class of anatomical entity[2]
Subclass of
nerve trunk[3]
Part of
hypothalamus[4]
Connects with
optic chiasm[6]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C33218[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en ARRENTADIPA01 en optic (nerve) tract en Shadowskills en optic tract en optic pathway ar السبيل البصري ar سبيل بصري de Tractus opticus de Sehstrahlung de Sehbahn es cintilla optica es cintilla óptica es Shadowskilks es tracto optico es tracto óptico es tractus opticus fr tractus optique hu látóhuzal hu látóköteg hu látópálya
🔖 Identifiers · 19
OpenAlex ID
C36388723
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Cerebro sistema.png ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/optic-tract
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
62046
Freebase ID
/m/03vnzb
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
2107111901
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA63Y1
Interlex ID
birnlex_1684
MeSH descriptor ID
D065866
MeSH tree code
A08.186.211.200.317.689
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
36388723
NeuroNames ID (plain mode)
460
Show all 19 identifiers +7
SNOMED CT ID
280952003
TA2 ID
5669
TA98 Latin term
tractus opticus
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A14.1.08.404
UBERON ID
0001908
UMLS CUI
C0152405
Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID
XAO_0004101

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
hypothalamus
Connects with 1
optic chiasm
Part of 1
hypothalamus
← Connects with 1
optic chiasm
← Has part(s) of the class 1
visual system
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Summary

optic (nerve) tract is a nerve type[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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