What is the optic tract?
Q: What is the optic tract?
A: The optic tract is a part of the visual system in the brain.
Q: Where does the optic tract start?
A: The optic tract starts from the optic chiasma.
Q: What does the optic chiasma do?
A: The optic chiasma receives the optic nerves from the eyes.
Q: How many optic tracts are there?
A: There are two individual tracts - the left optic tract and the right optic tract.
Q: What does each optic tract pass visual information from?
A: Each optic tract passes visual information only from the other side of the visual field.
Q: How does each optic tract develop?
A: Each optic tract develops from retinal fibers from each eye that corresponds to one half of the visual field.
Q: What is the function of the optic tract?
A: The optic tract is responsible for carrying visual information from the optic chiasma to the visual cortex in the brain.
